diff --git a/.github/workflows/license-check.yml b/.github/workflows/license-check.yml
index 8b35f33b..94260d98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license-check.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           requirements: "backend/requirements-all.txt"
           fail: "Copyleft,Other,Error"
-          exclude: '(psycopg2.*2\.9\.3|fqdn.*1\.5\.1|pyzmq.*25\.1\.1|debugpy.*1\.6\.7|certifi.*2023\.11\.17|tqdm.*4\.66\.1|webencodings.*0\.5\.1|torch.*1\.10\.2.*|torch.*1\.11\.0.*|pytorch-ignite.*0\.4\.10.*|torchaudio.*0\.11\.0.*|torchvision.*0\.12\.0.*|terminado.*0\.15\.0|qudida.*0\.0\.4|expiringdict.*1\.2\.2|botocore.*1\.29\.80|orderedmultidict.*1\.0\.1|deepchecks.*)'
+          exclude: '(psycopg2.*2\.9\.3|fqdn.*1\.5\.1|pyzmq.*25\.1\.2|debugpy.*1\.6\.7|certifi.*2023\.11\.17|tqdm.*4\.66\.1|webencodings.*0\.5\.1|torch.*1\.10\.2.*|torch.*1\.11\.0.*|pytorch-ignite.*0\.4\.10.*|torchaudio.*0\.11\.0.*|torchvision.*0\.12\.0.*|terminado.*0\.15\.0|qudida.*0\.0\.4|expiringdict.*1\.2\.2|botocore.*1\.29\.80|orderedmultidict.*1\.0\.1|deepchecks.*)'
           # psycopg2 is LGPL 2
           # pyzmq is Revised BSD https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq/blob/main/examples/LICENSE
           # debugpy is MIT https://github.com/microsoft/debugpy/blob/main/LICENSE
diff --git a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/ee/features_control_cloud.py b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/ee/features_control_cloud.py
index 313828f1..16d02ad6 100644
--- a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/ee/features_control_cloud.py
+++ b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/ee/features_control_cloud.py
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ def _load_tier(self):
 
         ld_user = context.build()
         tier_conf = self.ld_client.variation("paid-features", ld_user, default={})
-        self._signup_enabled = self.ld_client.variation("signUpEnabled", ld_user, default=True)
+        if getattr(self.user, "email_verified", False):
+            self._signup_enabled = self.ld_client.variation("signUpEnabled", ld_user, default=True)
+        else:
+            self._signup_enabled = False
         tier_conf = TierConfSchema(**tier_conf)
         self._custom_checks_enabled = tier_conf.custom_checks
         self._data_retention_months = tier_conf.data_retention_months
diff --git a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/ee/middlewares.py b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/ee/middlewares.py
index 27821706..2cd13288 100644
--- a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/ee/middlewares.py
+++ b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/ee/middlewares.py
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ async def wrapped_send(message: Message):
                 "email": access_token.email,
                 "is_admin": access_token.is_admin,
                 "exp": access_token.exp,
+                "email_verified": access_token.email_verified,
             }
 
         if state and (user := state.get("user")):
diff --git a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/middlewares.py b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/middlewares.py
index af5bc708..022b1f90 100644
--- a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/middlewares.py
+++ b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/middlewares.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def _fill_user_and_token_from_state(info, state):
             "email": access_token.email,
             "is_admin": access_token.is_admin,
             "exp": access_token.exp,
+            "email_verified": access_token.email_verified,
         }
 
     # TODO: this creates DetachedInstanceError for some reason
diff --git a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/public_models/user.py b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/public_models/user.py
index 65b7f88e..9e7ad9b3 100644
--- a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/public_models/user.py
+++ b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/public_models/user.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class UserOAuthDTO(PydanticModel):
 
     name: str
     email: EmailStr
+    email_verified: t.Optional[bool] = False
     picture: t.Optional[AnyHttpUrl] = None
 
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ async def from_oauth_info(
         organization_id: int | None = None
     ) -> Self:
         """Create or get user instance from ouath info."""
-        token_data = auth.UserAccessToken(email=info.email, is_admin=True)
+        token_data = auth.UserAccessToken(email=info.email, email_verified=info.email_verified, is_admin=True)
         access_token = auth.create_access_token(token_data, auth_jwt_secret, expires_delta=pdl.duration(days=7))
 
         # Checking if the user is already in the database
diff --git a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/utils/auth.py b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/utils/auth.py
index 382dcc1a..7b75ce52 100644
--- a/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/utils/auth.py
+++ b/backend/deepchecks_monitoring/utils/auth.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 class UserAccessToken(BaseModel):
     email: EmailStr
+    email_verified: bool
     is_admin: bool
     exp: t.Optional[float] = None
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ async def get_user(
         return
 
     if isinstance(token, UserAccessToken):
-        return (await session.scalar(
+        user = (await session.scalar(
             select(models.User)
             .where(models.User.email == token.email)
             .options(
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ async def get_user(
                 joinedload(models.User.roles)
             )
         ))
+        user.email_verified = token.email_verified
+        return user
 
     if isinstance(token, APIAccessToken):
         # If we have api token query the user and validate the secret
@@ -274,8 +277,7 @@ async def __call__(
             if self.enforce:
                 raise Unauthorized("expired or invalid access token")
             return
-        else:
-            return request.state.user
+        return request.state.user
 
 
 class CurrentActiveUser(CurrentUser):
diff --git a/backend/tests/common.py b/backend/tests/common.py
index 8bbff45b..f79878ac 100644
--- a/backend/tests/common.py
+++ b/backend/tests/common.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async def generate_user(
     f = faker.Faker()
     email = email or f.email()
     u = await User.from_oauth_info(
-        info=UserOAuthDTO(email=email, name=f.name()),
+        info=UserOAuthDTO(email=email, name=f.name(), email_verified=True),
         session=session,
         auth_jwt_secret=auth_jwt_secret,
         eula=eula