The article examines the existing mechanism of public-law protection of biometric personal data within the framework of the Unified Biometric System (UBS). Its main problems are analyzed in the context of the prohibition on processing biometrics outside the UBS. Attention is focused on the problems of the limited range of biometric identifiers processed in the UBS, and the limited techniques for processing biometrics, also other related problems are given. Conclusions are made about the need to unify all types of biometric identifiers and techniques of processing within the UBS; to tightening the rules for handling biometrics in the event that their processing is permitted outside the UBS during the transition period; to supplementing the legislation with definitions and norms on the regulation of biometric recognition and categorization techniques; to developing a unified risk-oriented approach to the public-law protection of biometrics in Russia.

biometric personal data, public-law protection, Unified Biometric System, biometric identifiers, biometric techniques

Mitianov Zakhar Olegovich – Postgraduate, Faculty of Law, Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (30, Sormovskoye highway, Nizhny Novgorod, 603014, Russian Federation), RSCI Author ID: 8851-7040, ORCID: 0009-0004-6764-7471, e-mail: zmityanov@hse.ru

Mitianov Z. O. Ogranicheniya publichno-pravovoj zashchity biometrii v ramkah edinoj biometricheskoj sistemy [Limitations of public-law protection of biometrics within the framework of the unified biometric system] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2025, no 3(110), pp. 34–39. – DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2025.3.34 (in Russian)

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