Digital Technologies and Biometric Data: Problem Statement

The article examines the problematic issues related to the use of digital technologies and the collection of biometric data of citizens. In the course of the analysis of situations related to the spread of digital technologies and the scale of the collection, use and processing of biometric data, the author touches on issues that the world's population does not understand the full scale of the need to collect, use and process biometric data with examples of counteraction on their part and the developing trend of hiding identity. This issue is considered on the example of the civil legislation of the People's Republic of China, adopted on January 1, 2021, which legalized the SCS system "Social Credit System". At the same time, the article also analyzes the legal issues governing the collection and processing of biometric personal data, as well as the issues of the insolvency of Russian legislation in this matter, which causes different interpretations of it and, consequently, increases the level of insecurity of the population and increases its distrust of the digitalization of society. The purpose of this article is to study the problematic issues that have arisen in the process of digital transformation, related to the implementation of the biometrics system and the legal regulation of these issues. Conclusions obtained in the course of the study. The introduction of digital technologies is known to carry great risks for criminological security, which requires making decisions to ensure criminological security. And, first of all, the creation of a system of personal protection, not only from a technical point of view, but also from a legal point of view. In this regard, it is necessary, first of all, before creating and implementing new technologies, to prepare the organizational and legal basis for their use. This also applies to the problem of creating a legal system of biometric data, which causes a discrepancy in the interpretation of legal issues of their regulation.

digital security, biometric personal data, legislation, crimes, digital rights