
In within the developed in government package of antifraud amendments, Russians are planned to obligate to register on marketplaces and boards of announcements with help of the goservices portal, writes Forbes. In addition to this, banks, telecom operators, marketplaces and online retailers could impose a ban on foreign msessengers for communicating with customers.
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In present time the Package anti-fraud amendments (in particular, to the laws “On Communication”, “On information, information technology and on the protection of information”) is undergoing interagency agreement in the government. In among the proposals made in as part of this package – compulsory registration through “Public Services” of users of marketplaces, boards announcements, sites for searching jobs and offering services. In addition, in if all amendments are accepted, mobile subscribers will also be required to register the transfer of sim-cards to third persons on It was also proposed to require banks, communication operators and online stores to add biometrics in as a way of authorization in their applications and personal accounts. Employees of these companies will be prohibited from using foreign messengers to communicate with clients, and using domestic messengers in work purposes.It is also necessary to register on “Gosuslugi”. According to Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko, these measures are directed against cyber fraud, in including to fight the fraud through calls and credit. They will also allow the country to create unified basic rules and principles for the protection of citizens in the digital environment. Market participants are afraid that requiring identification exclusively through “Public Services” will lead to a general decline of conversion on domestic services announcements “at least by 50%”, which could substantially complicate the work of small and medium businesses. They said such prohibitions would have a much stronger impact on Later in the apparatus of Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko reported about that, that to confirm entry to marketplaces with the service “Gosusgoservices” will need to only those who want to place an advertisement. In addition, the measure will affect only large marketplaces, advertisement boards, sites for jobs and service offerings. “Data about these users will be disclosed. But it will be more difficult to place a fraudulent advertisement,pretending to beanotheruser,”