Handle what? Of course someone can go to Stripe and get that info, but as OP just said, they won't be able to tie it to a specific VPN account as that link is n

Handle what? Of course someone can go to Stripe and get that info, but as OP just said, they won't be able to tie it to a specific VPN account as that link is now broken. They also mentioned it's about less data, not about zero data. The moment you use a credit card, of course it's stored in a bunch of places. But this won't be stored with them.