Conflict Detection
for Digital Agency & Marketing

Ad dollars, media rebates, and opaque vendor relationships create a minefield of conflicts.

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Common Conflict Patterns in Digital Agency & Marketing

The Media Rebate

An agency receives a 15% volume rebate from a major broadcaster but never discloses it to clients — instead …

High Risk

The Principal Trade

An agency buys digital inventory for its own account, then resells it to clients at a markup without disclosin…

Medium Risk

The Competing Client

An agency pitches two direct competitors simultaneously, using insights from one to inform strategy for the ot…

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Party Types Tracked

Conflict Scenarios

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Visual Examples

How conflicts actually happen
in Digital Agency & Marketing

These diagrams show the relationship patterns ConflictCheck is designed to detect — before they become legal or financial crises.

The Kickback Triangle

A manager routes contracts to a secretly owned vendor, who pays kickbacks back. The owner pays inflated prices and never knows.

Normal relationship

Kickback / fraud

Hidden / undisclosed

Financial payment

The Dual Role Conflict

One individual serves two parties whose interests are directly opposed — a textbook undisclosed conflict of interest.

Normal relationship

Kickback / fraud

Hidden / undisclosed

Financial payment

🚨 Real Scenario: The Media Rebate

An agency receives a 15% volume rebate from a major broadcaster but never discloses it to clients — instead directing disproportionate spend to that channel to maximize their rebate.

What ConflictCheck would flag

⚠ Shared entity or address detected between parties

⚠ Financial transaction with unregistered recipient

⚠ Annual disclosure not completed by key party

Who ConflictCheck Monitors

Every party. Every role.
All mapped automatically.

ConflictCheck tracks all 10 key party types in Digital Agency & Marketing — cross-referencing relationships and public records continuously.

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Agency Partners / Principals

Undisclosed ownership in media vendors or tech platforms used for clients

Conflict Risk

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Media Buyers

Rebate arrangements creating incentive to favor certain media channels

Conflict Risk

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Advertisers / Clients

Undisclosed competitive conflicts when agency serves competing brands

Conflict Risk

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Ad Networks / DSPs

Principal arrangements where agency profits from spread between buy and sell price

Conflict Risk

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Technology Vendors

Undisclosed referral fees from MarTech vendors recommended to clients

Conflict Risk

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Creative Contractors

Undisclosed rate markups on freelancer costs billed to clients

Conflict Risk

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Analytics Partners

Data sharing arrangements benefiting the agency at client expense

Conflict Risk

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Holding Company Executives

Directing business to affiliated entities without disclosure

Conflict Risk

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Platform Reps (Google/Meta)

Undisclosed commercial incentives tied to spend targets

Conflict Risk

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Influencer Networks

Undisclosed ownership or financial stakes in influencer platforms recommended to clients

Conflict Risk

Documented Scenarios

These aren't hypotheticals.
They happen every day.

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The Media Rebate

An agency receives a 15% volume rebate from a major broadcaster but never discloses it to clients — instead directing disproportionate spend to that channel to maximize their rebate.

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The Principal Trade

An agency buys digital inventory for its own account, then resells it to clients at a markup without disclosing it was acting as a principal rather than an agent.

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The Competing Client

An agency pitches two direct competitors simultaneously, using insights from one to inform strategy for the other.

How It Works

Systematic protection,
not one-time audits.

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Map Every Party

Import parties via spreadsheet, document upload, or manual entry. ConflictCheck deduplicates, maps beneficial ownership, and cross-references public records automatically.

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AI Conflict Detection

Our engine finds the connections manual reviews miss — shared addresses, overlapping ownership, dual roles, and transaction patterns that indicate fraud.

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Annual Disclosures

Every party certifies annually. Overdue disclosures escalate automatically. Everything stored immutably — timestamped, signed, legally defensible.

Conflict Detection
for Digital Agency & Marketing

How conflicts actually happen
in Digital Agency & Marketing

Every party. Every role.
All mapped automatically.

These aren't hypotheticals.
They happen every day.

Systematic protection,
not one-time audits.

Map Every Party

AI Conflict Detection

Annual Disclosures

ConflictCheck covers 20 industries.

Ready to map your Digital Agency & Marketing
conflict exposure?

Conflict Detectionfor Digital Agency & Marketing

How conflicts actually happenin Digital Agency & Marketing

Every party. Every role.All mapped automatically.

These aren't hypotheticals.They happen every day.

Systematic protection,not one-time audits.

Map Every Party

AI Conflict Detection

Annual Disclosures

ConflictCheck covers 20 industries.

Ready to map your Digital Agency & Marketingconflict exposure?

Conflict Detection
for Digital Agency & Marketing

How conflicts actually happen
in Digital Agency & Marketing

Every party. Every role.
All mapped automatically.

These aren't hypotheticals.
They happen every day.

Systematic protection,
not one-time audits.

Ready to map your Digital Agency & Marketing
conflict exposure?