diff --git a/app/Actions/Projects/BuildProjectBacklogPayload.php b/app/Actions/Projects/BuildProjectBacklogPayload.php
index eb71b01..bff6315 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Projects/BuildProjectBacklogPayload.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Projects/BuildProjectBacklogPayload.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class BuildProjectBacklogPayload
             )->resolve(),
             'users' => UserResource::collection(
                 User::query()
+                    ->visibleToProject($project)
                     ->orderBy('name')
                     ->get(),
             )->resolve(),
diff --git a/app/Actions/Projects/BuildProjectTicketDetailPayload.php b/app/Actions/Projects/BuildProjectTicketDetailPayload.php
index 26b4511..25257cb 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Projects/BuildProjectTicketDetailPayload.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Projects/BuildProjectTicketDetailPayload.php
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ class BuildProjectTicketDetailPayload
             'ticketTypes' => TicketTypeResource::collection($project->ticketTypes()->get())->resolve(),
             'users' => UserResource::collection(
                 User::query()
+                    ->visibleToProject($project)
                     ->orderBy('name')
                     ->get(),
             )->resolve(),
diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index ef51f81..22fdb24 100644
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 // use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
+use App\Actions\Permissions\PermissionService;
+use App\Enums\Permission;
 use Database\Factories\UserFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\Fillable;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\Hidden;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsToMany;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
@@ -69,4 +72,22 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
     {
         return $this->hasMany(Ticket::class, 'author_user_id');
     }
+
+    public function scopeVisibleToProject(Builder $query, Project $project): Builder
+    {
+        $permissionService = app(PermissionService::class);
+
+        $allowedUserIds = User::query()
+            ->select('id')
+            ->cursor()
+            ->filter(fn (User $candidate) => $permissionService->allows(
+                $candidate,
+                Permission::ProjectRead,
+                $project
+            ))
+            ->pluck('id')
+            ->all();
+
+        return $query->whereKey($allowedUserIds);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/SettingsApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/SettingsApiTest.php
index b5ec766..5f88734 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Api/SettingsApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/SettingsApiTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Tests\Feature\Api;
 
 use App\Actions\ProjectTicketMetadata\InitializeProjectTicketMetadata;
 use App\Models\Project;
+use App\Models\Team;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
@@ -149,6 +150,45 @@ class SettingsApiTest extends TestCase
             ->assertNoContent();
     }
 
+    public function test_project_payloads_only_return_users_who_can_view_the_project(): void
+    {
+        [$user, $project] = $this->projectContext();
+        $viewer = User::factory()->create(['name' => 'Visible User']);
+        User::factory()->create(['name' => 'Hidden User']);
+        $teamViewer = User::factory()->create(['name' => 'Team Viewer']);
+        $team = Team::factory()->create();
+
+        $this->syncProjectPermissions($project, $viewer, ['view']);
+        $team->users()->attach($teamViewer);
+        $this->syncProjectPermissions($project, $team, ['view']);
+
+        $ticket = $project->tickets()->firstOrCreate([
+            'sequence_number' => 1,
+        ], [
+            'ticket_key' => 'CORE-1',
+            'ticket_priority_id' => $project->ticketPriorities()->firstOrFail()->id,
+            'ticket_status_id' => $project->ticketStatuses()->firstOrFail()->id,
+            'ticket_type_id' => $project->ticketTypes()->where('is_parent', false)->firstOrFail()->id,
+            'title' => 'Scoped users ticket',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->actingAs($user)
+            ->getJson(route('api.projects.backlog', $project))
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.users.0.name', $user->name)
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.users.1.name', 'Team Viewer')
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.users.2.name', 'Visible User')
+            ->assertJsonCount(3, 'data.users');
+
+        $this->actingAs($user)
+            ->getJson(route('api.projects.tickets.show', [$project, $ticket]))
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.users.0.name', $user->name)
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.users.1.name', 'Team Viewer')
+            ->assertJsonPath('data.users.2.name', 'Visible User')
+            ->assertJsonCount(3, 'data.users');
+    }
+
     public function test_project_repositories_and_user_git_connections_are_available(): void
     {
         Http::preventStrayRequests();