The Data & Society Research Institute is a New York City-based think/do tank dedicated to addressing social, technical, ethical, legal, and policy issues that are emerging because of data-centric technological development. Data & Society provides a space for researchers, entrepreneurs, activists, policy creators, journalists, geeks, and public intellectuals to gather, debate, and engage one another on the key issues introduced by the increasing availability of data in society. Data & Society hosts events, does directed research, creates policy frameworks, and builds demonstration projects to grapple with the challenges and opportunities presented by an ever-increasing amount of available information.