Biometric and Genetic Data in Corporate Governance with Intellectual Property Compliance and Ethical Dimensions of Emerging Digital Assets.

This article is written by Neethu Maria Abraham, pursuing B.Com LL.B from Mar Gregorios College of Law, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Biometric and genetic data have rapidly emerged as pivotal digital assets within corporate ecosystems, reshaping the boundaries of governance, intellectual property, and ethics. Their integration into authentication systems, research channels, personalized medicine, and fintech has transformed identity itself into a resource of immense strategic value, while simultaneously raising profound risks of commodification, ownership disputes, and inequity.

This paper examines how corporate governance frameworks must evolve to embed fiduciary responsibility, cross-jurisdictional compliance, and ethical custodianship into the management of these sensitive datasets. On analysing patentability debates, trade secret tensions, litigation trends, and ESG imperatives, it argues for resilient corporate structures that treat biometric and genetic data not merely as assets to be monetized, but as responsibilities inseparably tied to human dignity.

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BIOMETRIC AND GENETIC DATA IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPLIANCE A.

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