Daskara

About Daskara Android App

Disclaimer:

This mobile application is intended for informational, educational and research purposes. The Nature Conservation Center (NCC) of the American University of Beirut (AUB) is not responsible for the content on this application nor can it be held accountable for inaccuracies. Content is generated by various users in their respective communities and thus AUB NCC does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content, use, or products and services made available through such application.
We aim to provide you with information about and access to villages ‘assets and its natural and cultural heritage , which each in their own way contributes to the conservation of the environment, the preservation of local cultures, and to the economies of the local communities.
When using the Software on certain mobile devices Daskara may need to access and collect certain details and data from your mobile device including details of your location (shall include, but not be limited to country, state, and city/town/locality, street).
Daskara collects and stores such information:
• To inform you about your location;
• To send you notifications or content according to your location;
• To show you content (e.g. images) according to your location;
• To inform you about your contributions;
• To inform you about certain points of interest (e.g. nature activities, sports, museums, stores, restaurants, hotels, gasoline stations etc.);
• To inform you about other user’s comments on certain points of interest;
• To improve Daskara Services.
By using Daskara you will be helping travelers avoid the tourist traps and discover authentic places and experiences. You will be sharing your favorite local spots and telling their stories. You will also be prompt to become a local administrator of a certain village or expert activity depending on the frequency and quality of contributing the crowdsources data. By becoming an admin you will be able to approve or reject or edit crowdsourced locations and activities.
Content
Our Service allows you to post, link, store, share and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos, or other content. You are responsible for the Content that you post to the Service, including its legality, reliability, and appropriateness.
By posting Content to the Service, you grant us the right and license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content on and through the Service. You retain any and all of your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Service and you are responsible for protecting those rights. You agree that this license includes the right for us to make your Content available to other users of the Service, who may also use your Content subject to these Terms; and to allow for your submitted content to be edited by our admins.
You represent and warrant that:
o The Content is yours (you own it) or you have the right to use it and grant us the rights and license as provided in these Terms
o The posting of your Content on or through the Service does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person.
We also rely on the information about our POIs that is crowdsources and used as supplied by them to use on our website including all words, content and imagery supplied by business owners, users, contributors and admins we feature on our site. We're not able to assume responsibility for this information and we have to disclaim all liability in respect of such information. Please check the information fully with the provider or with us to validate it before making any decision to access any of the sites. Note that any prices shown on our site are for guidance only and prices quoted by the provider are relevant at the time of his addition or update.