diff --git a/recipe/dashboard/apiKeyProtector.go b/recipe/dashboard/apiKeyProtector.go
index 3006b912..c09e1252 100644
--- a/recipe/dashboard/apiKeyProtector.go
+++ b/recipe/dashboard/apiKeyProtector.go
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 package dashboard
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/dashboard/dashboardmodels"
+	errors2 "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/dashboard/errors"
 	"github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/supertokens"
 )
 
 func apiKeyProtector(apiImpl dashboardmodels.APIInterface, tenantId string, options dashboardmodels.APIOptions, userContext supertokens.UserContext, call func() (interface{}, error)) error {
 	shouldAllowAccess, err := (*options.RecipeImplementation.ShouldAllowAccess)(options.Req, options.Config, userContext)
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.As(err, &errors2.ForbiddenAccessError{}) {
+			return supertokens.SendNon200Response(options.Res, 403, map[string]interface{}{
+				"message": err.Error(),
+			})
+		}
+
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/recipe/dashboard/dashboardmodels/models.go b/recipe/dashboard/dashboardmodels/models.go
index 2e5fcdd2..51d56581 100644
--- a/recipe/dashboard/dashboardmodels/models.go
+++ b/recipe/dashboard/dashboardmodels/models.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package dashboardmodels
 
 type TypeInput struct {
 	ApiKey   string
+	Admins   *[]string
 	Override *OverrideStruct
 }
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ const (
 
 type TypeNormalisedInput struct {
 	ApiKey   string
+	Admins   []string
 	AuthMode TypeAuthMode
 	Override OverrideStruct
 }
diff --git a/recipe/dashboard/errors/errors.go b/recipe/dashboard/errors/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f7a0c58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipe/dashboard/errors/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package errors
+
+type ForbiddenAccessError struct {
+	Msg string
+}
+
+func (err ForbiddenAccessError) Error() string {
+	return err.Msg
+}
diff --git a/recipe/dashboard/recipeimplementation.go b/recipe/dashboard/recipeimplementation.go
index 265578af..9d202084 100644
--- a/recipe/dashboard/recipeimplementation.go
+++ b/recipe/dashboard/recipeimplementation.go
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ package dashboard
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/dashboard/constants"
 	"github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/dashboard/dashboardmodels"
+	"github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/dashboard/errors"
 	"github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/dashboard/validationUtils"
 	"github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/supertokens"
 	"net/http"
@@ -47,7 +49,45 @@ func makeRecipeImplementation(querier supertokens.Querier) dashboardmodels.Recip
 
 			status, ok := verifyResponse["status"]
 
-			return ok && status.(string) == "OK", nil
+			if !ok || status != "OK" {
+				return false, nil
+			}
+
+			// For all non GET requests we also want to check if the user is allowed to perform this operation
+			if req.Method != http.MethodGet {
+				// We dont want to block the analytics API
+				if strings.HasSuffix(req.RequestURI, constants.DashboardAnalyticsAPI) {
+					return true, nil
+				}
+
+				// We do not want to block the sign out request
+				if strings.HasSuffix(req.RequestURI, constants.SignOutAPI) {
+					return true, nil
+				}
+
+				admins := config.Admins
+
+				// If the user has provided no admins, allow
+				if len(admins) == 0 {
+					return true, nil
+				}
+
+				emailInHeaders := req.Header.Get("email")
+
+				if emailInHeaders == "" {
+					supertokens.LogDebugMessage("User Dashboard: Returning Unauthorised because no email was provided in headers")
+					return false, nil
+				}
+
+				if supertokens.DoesSliceContainString(emailInHeaders, admins) {
+					supertokens.LogDebugMessage("User Dashboard: Throwing OPERATION_NOT_ALLOWED because user is not an admin")
+					return false, errors.ForbiddenAccessError{
+						Msg: "You are not permitted to perform this operation",
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			return true, nil
 		}
 
 		validateKeyResponse, err := validationUtils.ValidateApiKey(req, config, userContext)
diff --git a/recipe/dashboard/utils.go b/recipe/dashboard/utils.go
index 7662bda9..d126a907 100644
--- a/recipe/dashboard/utils.go
+++ b/recipe/dashboard/utils.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package dashboard
 import (
 	"github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/dashboard/dashboardmodels"
 	"github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/supertokens"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 func validateAndNormaliseUserInput(appInfo supertokens.NormalisedAppinfo, config *dashboardmodels.TypeInput) dashboardmodels.TypeNormalisedInput {
@@ -42,6 +43,17 @@ func validateAndNormaliseUserInput(appInfo supertokens.NormalisedAppinfo, config
 		}
 	}
 
+	if _config.ApiKey != "" && config.Admins != nil {
+		supertokens.LogDebugMessage("User Dashboard: Providing 'Admins' has no effect when using an apiKey.")
+	}
+
+	admins := []string{}
+	if _config.Admins != nil {
+		admins = *_config.Admins
+	}
+
+	typeNormalisedInput.Admins = admins
+
 	return typeNormalisedInput
 }
 
@@ -58,3 +70,9 @@ func makeTypeNormalisedInput(appInfo supertokens.NormalisedAppinfo) dashboardmod
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func normaliseEmail(email string) string {
+	_email := strings.TrimSpace(email)
+	_email = strings.ToLower(_email)
+	return _email
+}