> 1. Stripe has strict access controls—only those working on Identity/verifications can access the data.

> rather than having individuals collect and verify your ID, Stripe will securely handle verification.

The above statements are materially false. You allow customers of Stripe Identity the ability to access and retain "captured images of the ID document, selfies, extracted data from the ID document, keyed-in information, and the verification result". [https://support.stripe.com/questions/managing-your-id-verifi...]

>3. We think this’ll actually make the state of global privacy better

I'm sorry but this is grade A bullshit. If your api provides access to data (extracted or raw), you are not improving anything. Quite the opposite actually, because now I not only have to trust the company that I choose to do business with but I also have to trust stripe, an american company.