Also, all Forbes interlocutors advised clients to pay close attention to any bank messages on all devices they use.

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ccording to her, those Russians whose biometrics have already been submitted to the Unified Biometric System have the right to request that they be blocked and destroyed. This can be done through a personal account on "Gosuslugi" in the "Biometrics" or "Consents" section, or by sending a revocation of consent to the Unified Biometric System operator - the "Center for Biometric Technologies". To verify the fact of data destruction, you can send a request to the cyprus whatsapp number database Unified Biometric System. "We recommend sending it a month after the consent is revoked. An individual has the right to receive information about what personal data is being processed by the operator. Thus, if an individual previously requested the destruction of biometrics, the Unified Biometric System operator's response should not contain such data," says Mukhanova.


In the event of violations, clients whose data the bank transferred to the Unified Biometric System without their consent should file a complaint with Roskomnadzor and go to court, advises Anna Botvinkina. "In Russia, there are no examples of judicial practice on recognizing the illegality of banks' actions in processing biometric personal data without the consent of a citizen. If a dispute of this kind goes to court, then in the absence of the written consent of the person, the chances of success in the case will be good," she suggests.

Russians began receiving notifications about biometric data transfer from banks en masse in late summer - early fall 2023. In them, banks asked for consent to process biometric data in the Unified Biometric System, or to issue a refusal by contacting one of the bank's remote channels, sending it through the Russian Post or through the MFC. Many Russians were not ready to transfer their facial and voice imprints to the state. Therefore, in the fall, the MFC recorded increased demand for the service of processing a refusal to transfer biometric data, and the media wrote about queues lining up at the MFC.

In the summer of 2023, the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) conducted a survey on Russians' attitudes toward biometrics and found that 32% of citizens had a negative attitude toward it. They cited concerns about excessive government control over private life, risks of leaks, and fraud as reasons for refusing.