When necessary and appropriate, EFF uses the following categories of third party services:</p> <ul> <li><p>content delivery networks and cloud hosting providers (for example, hosting and handling traffic to our site).</p></li> <li><p>Financial services and payment processors (for example, your credit card and online payments)</p></li> <li><p>cloud email providers (for example, sending you email, like the EFFector newsletter)</p></li> <li><p>shipping and fulfillment services (for example, shipping you our <a href="https://supporters.eff.org/shop">great swag</a>)</p></li>