Actually I've seen someone asking in the meta section about the this but I forgot where was it.
Well I will just going to give my opinions about here in the altcoins section because I know most of the participants of the bounty programs are posting here.
KYC (Know Your Customer)
A KYC (Know Your Customer) is used to ensure that the people who're going to invest to a project are qualified for example they have a record about criminality, immigrants, etc. This was used to review the investor and make sure they're credibility and also KYC is used to fight money laundering.
Now let's go back to the topic. I've seen some bounty programs that's asking for KYC documents in order to receive bounty I don't think it's necessary to ask KYC Documents from the bounty participants because:
1. They don't Invest in the project.
2. There's no need to ask for the credibility of the user for promoting their project.
However I've seen some people are still participating in the bounty program, I just want to know you the risk you're about to face when you submit a KYC document to a untrusted project/program:
• They may use your details to fraud.
• You may be accused for something that you didn't do.
• Etc.
Well all in the KYC documents are your personal information and It can be used to different illegal things. But after all it's the decision of the participant if he/she's going to submit KYC or not. I just want to be aware guys that you should be responsible for choosing what program/project you're going to join.
PS. I didn't say that the bounty project that's asking for KYC is scam or any fraud related, I suggest to study the project itself first as well as the team behind that.... and the reason why they need your KYC document for participating in their bounty program.
as much as your concerns are legitimate, especially the fact that untrusted program can use your details to participate in fraud. KYC is very unnecessary for bounty hunting, but again i don't see anything wrong with Filling and submitting these forms if you are a legitimate bounty hunter with nothng to hide of fear.