--- a/user/view.php
+++ b/user/view.php
@@ -319,8 +319,11 @@
     /// Print the Custom User Fields
     profile_display_fields($user->id);

-
-    if ($mycourses = get_my_courses($user->id, null, null, false, 21)) {
+    $userProfileFields = profile_user_record($user->id);
+    if ( (has_capability('moodle/user:viewhiddendetails', $coursecontext)
+            || !isset($userProfileFields->showpapers)
+            || ($userProfileFields->showpapers == 'yes'))
+         && $mycourses = get_my_courses($user->id, null, null, false, 21)) {
         $shown=0;
         $courselisting = '';
         foreach ($mycourses as $mycourse) {