When affiliates say brand bidding was accidental, treat broad match, DKI, and automation expansion as detectable policy events. Prove the SERP with an evidence pack, then enforce.
A publisher self-audit for affiliate brand bidding. Stop commission reversals by checking match type leakage, DKI, and trademark clauses before you spend.
Upload success is not Ads learning. Map the silent filters (action scope, click ID family, 90-day window, timestamp, consent, match) and run a one-sitting Diagnostics audit.