{
  "id": 16608660,
  "title": "Compliance as code in law",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/compliance-as-code-no-juridico",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-26T13:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/beanstechbr/compliance-as-code-no-juridico-2c76"
  },
  "original_language": "pt",
  "account": "Compliance as non-legal code refers to the application of automated regulatory controls through executable code in technical, operational, or ethical domains, without being directly linked to mandatory legal norms. This concept is not legally defined in the Brazilian legal system and operates outside the scope of binding laws, decrees, or resolutions. Organizations adopt it voluntarily to implement sectoral standards, ethical frameworks, or internal policies, and its adoption is growing in companies that develop generative AI in Brazil, influenced by initiatives such as the Internet Civil Framework and guidelines from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The implementation of non-legal compliance as code involves translating non-mandatory guidelines into executable rules, which can be validated automatically through tools such as policy-as-code and guardrails-as-code.",
  "summary": "Short answer “Compliance as non-legal code” refers to the application of compliance as code practices — automation of regulatory controls through executable code — in technical, operational or ethical domains, without direct connection to mandatory legal rules (e.g. internal AI policies, good data governance practices, sustainability guidelines). It is not a concept…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}