From July 1, Russians will be able to conduct electronic transactions with real estate using biometrics, such as obtaining a mortgage, selling a house or registering shares. This was stated by a member of the Committee of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for public examination of draft laws and other normative laws, Yevgeny Masharov.
He said: “On July 1, a federal law will enter into force stipulating that parties to a real estate disposition agreement can be identified using a unified system for identifying and authenticating individuals using biometric personal data.”
You can register biometrics through the State Services Biometrics app and confirm them at service centers, including bank offices. The innovation concerns only electronic transactions: sales, purchases, mortgages, gifts, exchanges and stock registrations. For offline transactions, biometrics are not needed.
Masharov noted that the use of biometrics increases security, reduces the risk of fraud, speeds up document processing, and is suitable for citizens with limited mobility. In a unified biometric system, data is stored in digital chunks that cannot be decrypted if leaked. To protect your account in state services, the expert advised using a complex password, two-factor authentication, and not sharing codes from SMS messages and reports. TASS.
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