diff --git a/apps/core/api.py b/apps/core/api.py
index 889de96..232d6c3 100644
--- a/apps/core/api.py
+++ b/apps/core/api.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class BaseViewSet(RegionFilterMixin, viewsets.ModelViewSet):
         if self.request.method.lower() == 'get' and not self.kwargs.get('pk'):
             queryset = self.filter_by_region(queryset, org=True)
 
-        if visibility_by_org_scope:
+        if visibility_by_org_scope and org.free_visibility_by_scope:
             """ if organization has free visibility by scope, apply visibility filter """
             queryset = apply_visibility_filter(queryset, org)
             return queryset
diff --git a/logs/django_requests.log b/logs/django_requests.log
index ff9878d..2dcfcc5 100644
--- a/logs/django_requests.log
+++ b/logs/django_requests.log
@@ -671,3 +671,4 @@ AssertionError: .validate() should return the validated data
 [2025-11-02 11:36:53,908] INFO django.utils.autoreload | IP: - | Path: - | Watching for file changes with StatReloader
 [2025-11-02 11:53:41,310] INFO django.utils.autoreload | IP: - | Path: - | D:\Project\Rasaddam_Backend\apps\authentication\api\v1\api.py changed, reloading.
 [2025-11-02 11:53:43,395] INFO django.utils.autoreload | IP: - | Path: - | Watching for file changes with StatReloader
+[2025-11-02 12:01:41,047] INFO django.utils.autoreload | IP: - | Path: - | D:\Project\Rasaddam_Backend\apps\core\api.py changed, reloading.