Yes. BrowserShield is free for individuals. Any employee can install it on their personal computer, laptop or home device at no cost, and we actively encourage organisations to promote this. This extends protection beyond managed work devices to the home environment, where harmful searches are also common.

No. BrowserShield is a very lightweight extension with no measurable impact on device performance. It does not transmit data in real time, which also means it adds no network overhead.

Yes. BrowserShield can be installed on a single machine via the Chrome, Edge, Safari, Opera or Firefox extension store. This is the same process used by individuals installing it for personal use. For managed organisations, deployment via GPO or MDM is more practical for large-scale rollout.

For individually installed extensions, a user can uninstall BrowserShield. Where BrowserShield has been deployed via GPO or browser management as a force-installed extension, users are typically unable to remove it without administrator permissions. There is no notification sent to Ripple team or to the organisation when an extension is uninstalled.

BrowserShield is a browser extension available for free for home use.

You can install it in a minute on your laptop or desktop computer via the Chrome, Edge, Safari, Opera or Firefox extension store. Access the download links and video tutorials here: https://www.ripplesuicideprevention.com/information/install

BrowserShield does not provide organisational reporting. Because it does not collect personally identifiable information and processes searches locally on the device, it cannot report on activations within your organisation. This is a deliberate design decision to protect user dignity and privacy.

If BrowserShield has never triggered within your organisation, this means your people have not been in crisis on a managed device during that period. That is the best possible outcome.

BrowserShield is deployed as a browser extension on managed laptops and desktops. There are three primary deployment routes:

• GPO (Group Policy Object): force-install the extension across Chrome and Edge via Group Policy. The most common option for Windows-managed estates. Takes approximately 10 minutes.
• Browser management: use Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 admin controls to push the extension to enrolled browsers.
• MDM platform: compatible with Microsoft Intune, JAMF and other third-party Mobile Device Management tools.

Our team can provide technical support through testing, pilot programmes and full rollouts. Once deployed, no further action is required: the extension updates automatically every 24 hours.

BrowserShield subscriptions for businesses are priced per machine on a monthly basis, billed annually. Pricing scales with volume. Please contact our team for a quote.

Discounts are available for public-sector organisations. Contact us for more information and a quote.

A one-off fee applies for content customisation.

BrowserShield is free for individuals, schools, colleges, sixth forms, universities and registered charities.