diff --git a/admin_scripts/migrate_to_9.5.php b/admin_scripts/migrate_to_9.5.php
index 007d9472..f416600a 100755
--- a/admin_scripts/migrate_to_9.5.php
+++ b/admin_scripts/migrate_to_9.5.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         $dbDriver->query('UPDATE ' . $dbDriver->targetSchema . '.user SET name = \'anonymous\' || (floor(random() * 1000 + 1)::int)::TEXT WHERE name IS NULL');
         $dbDriver->query('ALTER TABLE ' . $dbDriver->commonSchema . '.user RENAME name TO username');
         $dbDriver->query('ALTER TABLE ' . $dbDriver->commonSchema . '.user ADD UNIQUE (username)');
-        $dbDriver->query('ALTER TABLE ' . $dbDriver->commonSchema . '.user ALTER COLUMN settings SET DEFAULT \'{"notifyOnAddFeature":true,"notifyOnNewFollower":true,"notifyOnLikeFeature":true,"notifyOnAddComment":true,"showBio":true,"showIdentity":true,"showTopics":true,"showEmail":false,"profileNeedReview":true}\'');
+        $dbDriver->query('ALTER TABLE ' . $dbDriver->commonSchema . '.user ALTER COLUMN settings SET DEFAULT \'{"createdCatalogIsPublic":true,"createdCollectionIsPublic":true,"createdItemIsPublic":true,"notifyOnAddFeature":true,"notifyOnNewFollower":true,"notifyOnLikeFeature":true,"notifyOnAddComment":true,"showBio":true,"showIdentity":true,"showTopics":true,"showEmail":false,"profileNeedReview":true}\'');
 
         // Create private group per user
         $dbDriver->query('DROP INDEX IF EXISTS ' . $dbDriver->commonSchema . '.idx_uname_group');
diff --git a/app/resto/core/RestoCollection.php b/app/resto/core/RestoCollection.php
index 5e6e248f..99ee6dec 100755
--- a/app/resto/core/RestoCollection.php
+++ b/app/resto/core/RestoCollection.php
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ public function __construct($id, $context, $user)
         $this->id = $id;
         $this->context = $context;
         $this->user = $user;
-        $this->visibility = RestoUtil::getDefaultVisibility($this->user, $this->context->core['defaultCollectionVisibility']);
+        $this->visibility = RestoUtil::getDefaultVisibility($this->user, isset($this->user->profile['settings']['createdCollectionIsPublic']) ? $this->user->profile['settings']['createdCollectionIsPublic'] : true);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/resto/core/RestoConstants.php b/app/resto/core/RestoConstants.php
index 0ada97b2..b7f617de 100644
--- a/app/resto/core/RestoConstants.php
+++ b/app/resto/core/RestoConstants.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class RestoConstants
     // [IMPORTANT] Starting resto 7.x, default routes are defined in RestoRouter class
 
     // resto version
-    const VERSION = '9.5.0';
+    const VERSION = '9.5.2';
 
     /* ============================================================
      *              NEVER EVER TOUCH THESE VALUES
diff --git a/app/resto/core/RestoContext.php b/app/resto/core/RestoContext.php
index e5a9aa7c..d2c97bc7 100755
--- a/app/resto/core/RestoContext.php
+++ b/app/resto/core/RestoContext.php
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ class RestoContext
         // Default model applied to POST collection
         'defaultModel' => 'DefaultModel',
 
-        // Default visibility applied to collection, catalog and item created by non admin user
-        'defaultCollectionVisibility' => 'public',
-        'defaultCatalogVisibility' => 'public',
-        'defaultItemVisibility' => 'public',
-
         // Use cache
         'useCache' => false,
 
diff --git a/app/resto/core/api/ServicesAPI.php b/app/resto/core/api/ServicesAPI.php
index b50d749a..cd419395 100755
--- a/app/resto/core/api/ServicesAPI.php
+++ b/app/resto/core/api/ServicesAPI.php
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ public function __construct($context, $user)
     {
         $this->context = $context;
         $this->user = $user;
-        $this->title = getenv('STAC_ROOT_TITLE') ?? $this->title;
-        $this->description = getenv('STAC_ROOT_DESCRIPTION') ?? $this->description;
+        $this->title = getenv('STAC_ROOT_TITLE') && !empty(getenv('STAC_ROOT_TITLE')) ? getenv('STAC_ROOT_TITLE') : $this->title;
+        $this->description = getenv('STAC_ROOT_DESCRIPTION') && !empty(getenv('STAC_ROOT_DESCRIPTION')) ? getenv('STAC_ROOT_DESCRIPTION') : $this->description;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/resto/core/api/UsersAPI.php b/app/resto/core/api/UsersAPI.php
index 26489ebf..afdb52dc 100755
--- a/app/resto/core/api/UsersAPI.php
+++ b/app/resto/core/api/UsersAPI.php
@@ -517,7 +517,23 @@ public function updateUserProfile($params, $body)
 
         // name cannot be updated
         if ( isset($body['username']) ) {
-            RestoLogUtil::httpError(400, 'Property username cannot be updated');
+            RestoLogUtil::httpError(400, 'Property username cannot be updated from this endpoint');
+        }
+
+        // Special case - settings are merged with existing settings
+        if ( isset($body['settings']) ) {
+
+            // Forbidden settings cannot be changed
+            $forbiddenSettings = array(
+                'profileNeedReview'
+            );
+            for ($i = count($forbiddenSettings); $i--;) {
+                if ( isset($body['settings'][$forbiddenSettings[$i]])) {
+                    RestoLogUtil::httpError(400, 'Property *' . $forbiddenSettings[$i] . '* in settings is protected and cannot be updated'); 
+                }
+            }
+            // Merge input settings with user settings
+            $body['settings'] = array_merge($this->user->profile['settings'], $body['settings']);
         }
 
         /*
diff --git a/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/CatalogsFunctions.php b/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/CatalogsFunctions.php
index 4cca5ee9..8eea8075 100755
--- a/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/CatalogsFunctions.php
+++ b/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/CatalogsFunctions.php
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ private function storeCatalog($catalog, $user, $context, $collectionId, $feature
             $catalog['visibility'] = array(RestoConstants::GROUP_DEFAULT_ID);
         }
         if ( !isset($catalog['visibility']) ) {
-            $catalog['visibility'] = RestoUtil::getDefaultVisibility($user, $context->core['defaultCatalogVisibility']);
+            $catalog['visibility'] = RestoUtil::getDefaultVisibility($user, isset($user->profile['settings']['createdCatalogIsPublic']) ? $user->profile['settings']['createdCatalogIsPublic'] : true);
         }
         $insert = '(id, title, description, level, counters, owner, visibility, rtype, properties, created) SELECT $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,now()';
         $values = array(
diff --git a/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/FeaturesFunctions.php b/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/FeaturesFunctions.php
index 531f9772..7611fd09 100755
--- a/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/FeaturesFunctions.php
+++ b/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/FeaturesFunctions.php
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ public function storeFeature($id, $collection, $featureArray)
     {
         
         // Default visibility
-        $visibility = RestoUtil::getDefaultVisibility($collection->user, $collection->context->core['defaultItemVisibility']);
+        $visibility = RestoUtil::getDefaultVisibility($collection->user, isset($collection->user->profile['settings']['createdItemIsPublic']) ? $collection->user->profile['settings']['createdItemIsPublic'] : true);
         $keysAndValues = $this->featureArrayToKeysValues(
             $collection,
             $featureArray,
diff --git a/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/GroupsFunctions.php b/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/GroupsFunctions.php
index 067f2ae0..f374d221 100755
--- a/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/GroupsFunctions.php
+++ b/app/resto/core/dbfunctions/GroupsFunctions.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public function __construct($dbDriver)
     public function getGroups($params = array())
     {
         $where = array(
-            'private <> 1'/*,
+            /*'private <> 1',
             'name NOT IN (\'admin\', \'default\')'*/
         );
         
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ public function getGroups($params = array())
             $where[] = 'owner=' . $this->dbDriver->escape_string( $params['owner']);
         }
 
-        $results = $this->dbDriver->fetch($this->dbDriver->query('SELECT name, description, id, to_iso8601(created) as created FROM ' . $this->dbDriver->commonSchema . '.group' . (count($where) > 0 ? ' WHERE ' . join(' AND ', $where) : '') . ' ORDER BY id DESC'));
+        $results = $this->dbDriver->fetch($this->dbDriver->query('SELECT name, description, id, to_iso8601(created) as created, private FROM ' . $this->dbDriver->commonSchema . '.group' . (count($where) > 0 ? ' WHERE ' . join(' AND ', $where) : '') . ' ORDER BY id DESC'));
 
         return empty($results) ? array() : $results;
 
     }
 
     /**
-     * List all groups
+     * Get group
      *
      * @return array
      * @throws Exception
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ public function getGroup($name)
         }
 
         $query = join(' ', array(
-            'SELECT g.name, g.description, g.owner, g.id, to_iso8601(g.created) as created, COALESCE(ARRAY_REMOVE(ARRAY_AGG(u.username ORDER BY u.username), NULL), \'{}\') AS members',
+            'SELECT g.name, g.description, g.owner, g.id, to_iso8601(g.created) as created, g.private, COALESCE(ARRAY_REMOVE(ARRAY_AGG(u.username ORDER BY u.username), NULL), \'{}\') AS members',
             'FROM ' . $this->dbDriver->commonSchema . '.group g LEFT JOIN  ' . $this->dbDriver->commonSchema . '.group_member gm ON g.id = gm.groupid',
             'LEFT JOIN  ' . $this->dbDriver->commonSchema . '.user u ON gm.userid = u.id',
             'WHERE private <> 1 AND g.name = \'' . $this->dbDriver->escape_string($name) . '\'',
-            'GROUP BY g.name,g.description,g.owner,g.id,g.created ORDER BY g.name'
+            'GROUP BY g.name,g.description,g.owner,g.id,g.created,g.private ORDER BY g.name'
         ));
 
         return $this->formatGroup($this->dbDriver->fetch($this->dbDriver->query($query)));
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ private function formatGroup($rawGroup)
         } catch(Exception $e) {
             // Don't break
         }
+        $rawGroup[0]['private'] = (integer) $rawGroup[0]['private'];
         $rawGroup[0]['members'] = RestoUtil::SQLTextArrayToPHP($rawGroup[0]['members']);
         return $rawGroup[0];
     }
diff --git a/app/resto/core/utils/RestoUtil.php b/app/resto/core/utils/RestoUtil.php
index 552ee397..deb1bd88 100755
--- a/app/resto/core/utils/RestoUtil.php
+++ b/app/resto/core/utils/RestoUtil.php
@@ -569,14 +569,15 @@ public static function isValidVisibility($visibility)
      * Return visibility for user
      * 
      * @param RestoUser $user
-     * @param string $groupId
+     * @param boolean $createdResourceIsPublic
      */
-    public static function getDefaultVisibility($user, $groupId)
+    public static function getDefaultVisibility($user, $createdResourceIsPublic)
     {
-        if ( $groupId === 'owner' ) {
+        if ( !$createdResourceIsPublic ) {
             $ownedGroups = $user->getOwnedGroups();
             for ($i = 0, $ii = count($ownedGroups); $i < $ii; $i++) {
-                if ( $ownedGroups[$i]['private'] === 1 ) {
+                if ( $ownedGroups[$i]['private'] === "1" ) {
+
                     return array($ownedGroups[$i]['id']);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/build/resto/config.php.template b/build/resto/config.php.template
index 9b081104..10c1bddc 100755
--- a/build/resto/config.php.template
+++ b/build/resto/config.php.template
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ return array(
     'collectionMinMatch' => ${COLLECTION_MINMATCH:-0},
     'countCatalogs' => ${COUNT_CATALOGS:-false},
     'defaultModel' => '${DEFAULT_COLLECTION_MODEL:-DefaultModel}',
-    'defaultCollectionVisibility' => '${DEFAULT_COLLECTION_VISIBILITY:-public}',
-    'defaultCatalogVisibility' => '${DEFAULT_CATALOG_VISIBILITY:-public}',
-    'defaultItemVisibility' => '${DEFAULT_ITEM_VISIBILITY:-public}',
     'timezone' => '${TIMEZONE:-Europe/Paris}',
     'tokenDuration' => ${JWT_DURATION:-8640000},
     'userAutoValidation' => ${USER_AUTOVALIDATION:-true},
diff --git a/config.env b/config.env
index 407b6841..60c2a78a 100644
--- a/config.env
+++ b/config.env
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ RESTO_EXPOSED_PORT=5252
 ### Default Model applied to collection
 #DEFAULT_COLLECTION_MODEL=DefaultModel
 
-### Default GROUP visibility applied to collection,catalog and items
-### when they are created with a non admin user. Should be one of "public" or "owner"
-#DEFAULT_COLLECTION_VISIBILITY=public
-#DEFAULT_CATALOG_VISIBILITY=public
-#DEFAULT_ITEM_VISIBILITY=public
-
 ### Permanent storage directory to store/retrieve files (e.g. user's avatar picture)
 ### Relative to PUBLIC_ENDPOINT if not starting with http
 #STORAGE_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT=/static
diff --git a/examples/users/johnDoe_update_settings.json b/examples/users/johnDoe_update_settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74a045e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/users/johnDoe_update_settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "settings": {
+        "createdCollectionIsPublic":false
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resto-database-model/02_resto_common_model.sql b/resto-database-model/02_resto_common_model.sql
index 97489583..6ee67035 100644
--- a/resto-database-model/02_resto_common_model.sql
+++ b/resto-database-model/02_resto_common_model.sql
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS __DATABASE_COMMON_SCHEMA__.user (
     externalidp         JSON, 
 
     -- Free application settings
-    settings            JSON DEFAULT '{"notifyOnAddFeature":true,"notifyOnNewFollower":true,"notifyOnLikeFeature":true,"notifyOnAddComment":true,"showBio":true,"showIdentity":true,"showTopics":true,"showEmail":false,"profileNeedReview":true}'
+    settings            JSON DEFAULT '{"createdCatalogIsPublic":true,"createdCollectionIsPublic":true,"createdItemIsPublic":true,"notifyOnAddFeature":true,"notifyOnNewFollower":true,"notifyOnLikeFeature":true,"notifyOnAddComment":true,"showBio":true,"showIdentity":true,"showTopics":true,"showEmail":false,"profileNeedReview":true}'
 
 );