Well everyone's a stranger until you get to know them. I'm not going to give strangers an anonymized data dump. I'll work with the person on it together. We'll make sure it's all legit. OKCupid, Hinge, and Tinder all analyze data!
Same here-- had a call with them but they don't really have much power or decision making abilities. Similar to customer service reps. Mostly script based.
I know that feeling. I was going to write a post about how Apple's review process made us change our how business because we couldn't afford to fight with them even when we are in the right.