The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted draft law No. 10062 on the creation of a unified electronic register of conscripts, the introduction of a defender's certificate and automatic receipt of combatant status.
The decision was supported by 249 MPs on Tuesday, January 16.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine explained that the implementation of the relevant draft law will facilitate the rapid collection, processing and use of military data, as well as transfer services and processes for servicemen to a convenient digital format.
"The draft law provides the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine with the opportunity to strengthen cyber defense and the right to host its IT systems in the military cloud storage of NATO member states," the statement said.
As a result:
- air defense assets that are currently protecting national data centers from constant missile attacks will be released (this resource will be used to cover other military and civilian infrastructure);
- accelerate and expand the access of the Ukrainian Defense Forces to allied intelligence;
- development and deployment of new combat systems and electronic services for the army will be accelerated;
- data protection from enemy cyberattacks will be strengthened, etc.
At the same time, the most scandalous norms of this document relate to the creation of a register of conscripts. In particular, it will collect various data about citizens without their consent, which was criticized by the Main Scientific and Expert Department of the Verkhovna Rada.
It stated that information collected by public authorities for purposes known to citizens will now be processed by default by other bodies - from the TCC to the SBU - for other purposes about which no one warned citizens during the data collection.
In addition to standard information such as full name, address and place of work, the following dossier will be collected for all conscripts between aged of 17 and 60:
- phone numbers, e-mail addresses
- information on foreign language skills
- information on the right to own weapons
- availability of a driver's license
- information about conscript's parents
- details of internal and foreign passports, personal identification number
- information on traveling abroad
- information on criminal records, etc.
The register will also contain a digital image of the conscript. That is, their faces will be digitized and will be able to be identified, in particular, through street cameras.
