Beneficiary data protected, volunteers' devices respected
A charity holds some of the most sensitive data there is, on laptops used by a small staff and phones used by volunteers who are giving their time. Purple MDM encrypts and patches the charity's own devices, gives volunteers a work area on their own phones with a plain page saying what the charity can see, and asks for no IT team.
What you are up against
Sensitive data, small team, borrowed devices
Beneficiary and donor data
Case notes and donor records on laptops that go home, with a funder asking how they are protected.Volunteers' own phones
Volunteers use their own devices and will stop volunteering before they accept being tracked.No IT team
An operations manager who also does the devices, with a budget that does not stretch to a specialist console.
How Purple MDM is set up
How Purple MDM is set up for a charity
- Staff devices encrypted and patchedFileVault and BitLocker on with keys escrowed, updates with deadlines, and a security baseline applied in one click.
- Volunteers' phones as personalA work area for the apps and email the role needs, a transparency page saying what the charity can and cannot see, and a retire button that is theirs.
- Settings as formsNo profiles to write; a failed check is explained in a sentence and known fixes send themselves.
- Or a partner runs itA Purple partner runs Purple MDM for the charity from Purple's partner portal, with every action logged in the charity's own account.
See everything Purple MDM doesPublic sector WiFi on Purple Access
- Staff MacsIn compliancemacOS 15, EAP-TLS WiFi, FileVault
- Frontline iPadsPreviewing changeSupervised, shared, Return to ServiceRoll-outTest groupRolled outWhole groupWaiting for you
- Office PCsIn complianceWindows 11, BitLocker, LAPS
Revisions
The fleet
The charity's fleet
- Staff laptopsEncryption with key escrow, company sign-in, patching.
- Frontline phonesCompany devices fully managed, lost mode and wipe.
- Volunteers' own phonesA work area and a transparency page.
- Shop and center devicesTablets and PCs locked to their job.
- TrusteesRead-only access to compliance reports.
- The funder's questionReports over time and an audit log, exportable.
FAQ
Questions we hear from teams like yours
What can the charity see on a volunteer's phone?
Only the work area. The transparency page lists what the charity can and cannot see, personal apps, photos and location are outside it, and the volunteer can retire the device themselves.
Can we run Purple MDM without an IT person?
Yes. Settings are forms, known fixes send themselves and failed checks are explained in plain English. A Purple partner can also run it for you.
How is it priced for a charity?
Per device, per month, every platform included. Tell us your fleet and we send a quote; your partner can quote through the partner portal.
Can we show a funder our data is protected?
Yes. Compliance reports over time show encryption and patch status per device, with the audit log behind them.
Other industries
Local government
Social care laptops, field tablets, library PCs and civic center desks, one console, data in your region.Managed service providers
Many customers, one partner portal, each action logged in the customer's account.Schools
Carts, classroom iPads and staff laptops in one console, with the school year built in.
See every device in one console, on your own fleet
Tell us which devices you run, how many, and what you manage them with today. The Purple team shows you Purple MDM on a fleet like yours: zero-touch enrollment, a change previewed and undone, a failed check explained in a sentence, and a device moved off the network and back. Already a Purple customer? Sign in to the app with your Purple account.
- We map your fleetA Purple expert maps your platforms, your groups and how devices arrive today, and answers your questions on enrollment, data regions, roles and migration.
- You see it on devices like yoursA demo of zero-touch enrollment, a previewed change, a failed check explained in plain English and, with Purple Access, a device moved off the network and back.
- You get your quotePriced per device, per month, for the platforms you run, direct or through your Purple partner, with a move in waves planned if you are coming from another MDM.
Your demo
Tell us your fleet. We show you Purple MDM running it.
A Purple expert comes back to book a demo on devices like yours, from the team behind Purple WiFi and Purple Access.