The best exchanges right now in the market is Binance and Kucoin.
These are great in terms of security and policies. These are also present in the market now for a long period of time.
So if you choose any of these then there won’t be any issue.
Moreover regarding KYC, both have certain limits upto which you can perform certain task, then the Kyc is mandatory.
And as per your concern, they both don’t have any strict or abnormal policies.
Tell us your experience once you join there.