Method for recording and subsequently generating data for a user of a self-service terminal which comprises at least one display and at least one input field , the method comprising the following method steps: a) Display of several different products and/or services stored in an internal or external database on the display , which are made available to the user for selection by means of the at least one input field , b) - at least temporary - storage of the data collected from the user in the context of the product and/or service selection for further utilisation, c) reading at least one official photographic document and/or electronic document on an electronic medium by means of at least one reading device for capturing official photographic documents and/or documents stored on an electronic medium, d) optical recording of at least one document-specific feature of the user and its - at least temporary - storage, e) authenticity verification in the form of an authenticity analysis of the photographic and/or electronic document; and f) Authenticity verification and legitimation verification in the form of a comparison of the captured document-specific features against the original values of the user read in the photo document and/or on the electronic document, whereby in the context of the legitimation verification the biometric features of the user's face are captured by means of a biomeltric scan of the user and are compared with the biometric features of the facial image of the photo document of the user of the self-service terminal, g) whereby, in the event of a positive authenticity and legitimation check, an electronic and/or haptic document is generated and then issued and/or transmitted to the user and/or to one or more recipients, which legitimises the user to receive and/or to perceive and/or to carry out the product and/or service selection made characterised in that an optically readable code is generated from the determined data, this is printed out via an output device , output and/or forwarded via interfaces to external systems for further inspection and/or processing or handed over to the user. a) Display of several different products and/or services stored in an internal or external database on the display , which are made available to the user for selection by means of the at least one input field , b) - at least temporary - storage of the data collected from the user in the context of the product and/or service selection for further utilisation, c) reading at least one official photographic document and/or electronic document on an electronic medium by means of at least one reading device for capturing official photographic documents and/or documents stored on an electronic medium, d) optical recording of at least one document-specific feature of the user and its - at least temporary - storage, e) authenticity verification in the form of an authenticity analysis of the photographic and/or electronic document; and f) Authenticity verification and legitimation verification in the form of a comparison of the captured document-specific features against the original values of the user read in the photo document and/or on the electronic document, whereby in the context of the legitimation verification the biometric features of the user's face are captured by means of a biomeltric scan of the user and are compared with the biometric features of the facial image of the photo document of the user of the self-service terminal, g) whereby, in the event of a positive authenticity and legitimation check, an electronic and/or haptic document is generated and then issued and/or transmitted to the user and/or to one or more recipients, which legitimises the user to receive and/or to perceive and/or to carry out the product and/or service selection made <EOS>