diff --git a/system/modules/auth/models/AuthService.php b/system/modules/auth/models/AuthService.php
index 9436a395b..073048e1c 100755
--- a/system/modules/auth/models/AuthService.php
+++ b/system/modules/auth/models/AuthService.php
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ public function getGroups()
 
     public function getGroupMembers($group_id = null, $user_id = null)
     {
+        $option = [];
         if ($group_id) {
             $option['group_id'] = $group_id;
         }
diff --git a/system/modules/insights/models/InsightService.php b/system/modules/insights/models/InsightService.php
index 9326ceeb9..606f487e5 100644
--- a/system/modules/insights/models/InsightService.php
+++ b/system/modules/insights/models/InsightService.php
@@ -9,6 +9,24 @@
 
 class InsightService extends DbService
 {
+    // Function to recursively check if a user is a member of a group (or parent group)
+    function checkUserAccess($group, $user_id): bool
+    {
+        $groupMembers = AuthService::getInstance($this->w)->getGroupMembers($group);
+        if (!empty($groupMembers)) {
+            foreach ($groupMembers as $groupMember) {
+                if ($groupMember->user_id === $user_id) {
+                    return true;
+                } elseif (AuthService::getInstance($this->w)->getUser($groupMember->user_id)->is_group) {
+                    if ($this->checkUserAccess($groupMember->user_id, $user_id)) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     // returns all insight instances
     public function getAllInsights($insights)
     {