Shopping online? Here's how to keep your data safe

The holiday shopping season is underway and there are deals galore on the Web. But those deals could give hackers more entry points to access online shoppers’ personal information.

Online shoppers can take a few simple steps to make sure they don’t end up as identity-theft victims this holiday season.

Michael Bruemmer, Experian’s vice president of consumer protection, said shoppers should use prepaid credit or debit cards to limit their exposure while shopping online.

“The easiest thing you can do is have a throw-away credit card or debit card that you only use for shopping as well as potentially an email address,” Bruemmer told CNBC’s “Tech Bet.”

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