Bodrov R.I. Means of citizen individualization from the perspective of modernization of the norms of the civil legislation

Abstract: The author analyzes the state of civil legislation and the existing scientific points of view about the means of citizen’s individualization that represent person’s identification information, and which according to the author’s opinion should be classified as social and physiological (biometric). Special attention is given to the future development of civil legislation due to switching to an electronic document handling, verifying the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation, which in author’s opinion should meet the following standards: contain not only the social, but also physiological (biometric) data of the citizen; possess certified means of cryptographic protection against counterfeiting; provide an electronic system that would allow to make quick changes to the personal information of the citizen, as well as ability to produce and issue a replacement (should the original be lost). Based on the research conducted, it is evident that the need exists to amend the Civil Code of the Russian Federation with a new statute 18.1 “Means of citizen individualization”.

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