For organisations/ Advice for small organisations/ Checklists/ Does data protection law apply to my business? Does data protection law apply to my business? Start again 1. Do you collect, use, hold or do anything else with the personal information of employees, customers or both? 1. Do you collect, use, hold or do anything else with the personal information of employees, customers or both? Personal information is any information that can identify a living person. This could be anything from a name or email address to medical information or a computer’s IP address. Yes No Next