The James Fenimore Cooper Society values your privacy and will not sell or distribute the information you share with us to outside organizations. When you join, we request your name, address, email address, and telephone number. Payment information is processed by Paypal; no credit card or Paypal account information is shared with us. Paypal does provide name, address, telephone number, and email address information with confirmation of a transaction; Paypal also informs us whether or not a customer has completed the Paypal verification process and/or has a confirmed bank account on record with Paypal (neither is required by us, and again, we receive no account information).