Can anyone tell me what ter has done to protect personal info they require for online payment of VIP membership in lieu of the Ashley Madison hacking?

But I noticed ter did not comment in that thread. Does anyone know if ter has addressed this issue?

...They have since removed that board. They didn't really address hacking. Another poster had a comment and question. There is no way that I know of to access that thread. There haven't been any other answers from TER as far as I know.

Would seem to just make good business sense to put current and potential customers minds at ease, as best they can. Telling us what happens with our personal info and an update on what additional protections they have taken, or plan to take, again in light of the AM incident, would seem to be warranted.

...and we discover it during use of the site. Here's hoping.

On p411, you don't have to use a personally identifiable credit card.  
The registration info didn't seem too incriminating to me.  Just my opinion