diff --git a/src/components/LinkItems/ItemGroup.vue b/src/components/LinkItems/ItemGroup.vue
index 7eb4589c..482c83b6 100644
--- a/src/components/LinkItems/ItemGroup.vue
+++ b/src/components/LinkItems/ItemGroup.vue
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     :rows="displayData.rows"
     :color="displayData.color"
     :customStyles="displayData.customStyles"
+    v-if="isSectionVisibleToUser()"
   >
     <div v-if="!items || items.length < 1" class="no-items">
       No Items to Show Yet
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 import Item from '@/components/LinkItems/Item.vue';
 import Collapsable from '@/components/LinkItems/Collapsable.vue';
 import IframeModal from '@/components/LinkItems/IframeModal.vue';
+import { getCurrentUser, isLoggedInAsGuest } from '@/utils/Auth';
 
 export default {
   name: 'ItemGroup',
@@ -85,6 +87,9 @@ export default {
         ? `grid-template-rows: repeat(${this.displayData.itemCountY}, 1fr);` : '';
       return styles;
     },
+    currentUser() {
+      return getCurrentUser();
+    },
   },
   methods: {
     /* Returns a unique lowercase string, based on name, for section ID */
@@ -95,9 +100,11 @@ export default {
     triggerModal(url) {
       this.$refs[`iframeModal-${this.groupId}`].show(url);
     },
+    /* Emmit value upwards when iframe modal opened/ closed */
     modalChanged(changedTo) {
       this.$emit('change-modal-visibility', changedTo);
     },
+    /* Determines if user has enabled online status checks */
     shouldEnableStatusCheck(itemPreference) {
       const globalPreference = this.config.appConfig.statusCheck || false;
       return itemPreference !== undefined ? itemPreference : globalPreference;
@@ -109,6 +116,35 @@ export default {
       if (interval < 1) interval = 0;
       return interval;
     },
+    /* Returns false if this section should not be rendered for the current user/ guest */
+    isSectionVisibleToUser() {
+      const determineVisibility = (visibilityList, currentUser) => {
+        let isFound = false;
+        visibilityList.forEach((userInList) => {
+          if (userInList.toLowerCase() === currentUser) isFound = true;
+        });
+        return isFound;
+      };
+      const checkVisiblity = () => {
+        if (!this.currentUser) return true;
+        const hideFor = this.displayData.hideForUsers || [];
+        const currentUser = this.currentUser.user.toLowerCase();
+        return !determineVisibility(hideFor, currentUser);
+      };
+      const checkHiddenability = () => {
+        if (!this.currentUser) return true;
+        const currentUser = this.currentUser.user.toLowerCase();
+        const showForUsers = this.displayData.showForUsers || [];
+        if (showForUsers.length < 1) return true;
+        return determineVisibility(showForUsers, currentUser);
+      };
+      const checkIfHideForGuest = () => {
+        const hideForGuest = this.displayData.hideForGuests;
+        const isGuest = isLoggedInAsGuest();
+        return !(hideForGuest && isGuest);
+      };
+      return checkVisiblity() && checkHiddenability() && checkIfHideForGuest();
+    },
   },
 };
 </script>