the actual place of residence is indicated on the “State Services” voluntarily – Kommersant

The Ministry of Digital Transformation responded to reports from Gosuslug users that information about their registration address and actual place of residence automatically appeared in their personal accounts on the portal. The ministry said that the data in the section can only be displayed if the user has filled it out on their own.

“The section on the actual place of residence is one of the standard sections on the State Services. The data in it can be displayed if the user has filled them out on their own. But there are also a number of services where, when sending an application, you must indicate the place of actual residence. The information specified in the form will be pulled into your personal account. “Gosuslugi” warn about this in advance,” the statement reads. message.

The ministry drew attention to the fact that data on the actual place of residence on the “State Services” can always be corrected or deleted. To do this, you need to go to the “Addresses” section in your personal account and make the necessary changes.

Last week, the media reported that the Gosuslugi service independently began to indicate the addresses of official registration and actual residence in the personal accounts of Russians. However, the users themselves did not provide this information. Sometimes the system crashed and the residence column indicated addresses that users had never visited.

Milena Kostereva