Open Collective and Open Source Collective are two different entities. The Persona API is currently being added to Open Collective (https://github.com/opencollective/opencollective/issues/8609) and then being used by Open Source Collective to "Know Your Customer". This is a screenshot of the email sent to
@scan's account for Margin (https://opencollective.com/margin)
Open Source Collective proudly lists the following "values" on their website
"we respect individual privacy"
https://oscollective.org/about
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