Explainer
4 articles to explore.
- A GDPR Infringement Is Established. Should a Fine Follow?
A GDPR infringement does not settle whether a fine should follow. Five questions from the EDPB’s September 2026 consultation draft separate legal preconditions, judgment and calculation.
- The Human Is Still the Rules Engine
We publish rules as documents and leave people to compute their consequences. A reusable, inspectable model can move repeated calculation into software while keeping evidence, interpretation and judgment accountable.
- The Law Has Unit Tests
A test of a statute looks like a test of code, with three differences: silence is a passing result, a test can expect a question instead of an answer, and every test carries a date.
- What Is Rules as Code, With a Runnable Example
Rules as Code publishes a rule in a form a machine can execute, next to the text a person reads. The definition, where the idea comes from, and a limitation period you can compute yourself.