Abstract
The article offers analysis of the approaches in Russian and European legal doctrine to the definition of “biometric data”, as well as the evolution of the legal definition formation of biometric data in the legislative acts of the EU. The article analyzes the role of biometric data in the personal data system, their characteristics, and the determination of a list of key features that allow an individual's data to be classified as biometric data. Special attention is paid to the list of characteristics that fall under the category of biometric data in accordance with existing scientific approaches on personal data, as well as the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation. The article highlights the main problems of interpretation of the category of biometric data in legal sources, and also suggests the author's legal definition of biometric data that meets, in the author's opinion, the main criteria that characterize specific data of an individual as biometric.
Highlights
В последние годы теме биометрической идентификации и аутентификации граждан уделяется в мире особое общественное и политическое внимание
The article analyzes the role of biometric data in the personal data system, their characteristics, and the determination of a list of key features
Special attention is paid to the list of characteristics that fall under the category of biometric data in accordance with existing scientific approaches on personal data, as well as the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation
Summary
В последние годы теме биометрической идентификации и аутентификации граждан уделяется в мире особое общественное и политическое внимание. Чтобы исследовать понятие «биометрические данные» необходимо главным образом: провести анализ эволюции положений законодательных актов и подходов в правовой доктрине к определению исследуемого понятия, определить ключевые исключительные признаки, позволяющие отнести данные физического лица именно к категории биометрических данных, выявить проблемы толкования понятия в правовых источниках и повлекшие такие проблемы факторы.
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