diff --git a/www/js/control/ProfileSettings.tsx b/www/js/control/ProfileSettings.tsx
index 4a33a6a68..9a639dd20 100644
--- a/www/js/control/ProfileSettings.tsx
+++ b/www/js/control/ProfileSettings.tsx
@@ -131,15 +131,6 @@ const ProfileSettings = () => {
   function whenReady(newAppConfig: AppConfig) {
     const tempUiConfig = newAppConfig;
 
-    // backwards compat hack to fill in the raw_data_use for programs that don't have it
-    const default_raw_data_use = {
-      en: `to monitor the ${tempUiConfig.intro.program_or_study}, send personalized surveys or provide recommendations to participants`,
-      es: `para monitorear el ${tempUiConfig.intro.program_or_study}, enviar encuestas personalizadas o proporcionar recomendaciones a los participantes`,
-    };
-    Object.entries(tempUiConfig.intro.translated_text).forEach(([lang, val]) => {
-      val.raw_data_use = val.raw_data_use || default_raw_data_use[lang];
-    });
-
     // Backwards compat hack to fill in the `app_required` based on the
     // old-style "program_or_study"
     // remove this at the end of 2023 when all programs have been migrated over
diff --git a/www/js/onboarding/PrivacyPolicy.tsx b/www/js/onboarding/PrivacyPolicy.tsx
index 8287595c9..8fe12961d 100644
--- a/www/js/onboarding/PrivacyPolicy.tsx
+++ b/www/js/onboarding/PrivacyPolicy.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ const PrivacyPolicy = () => {
     );
   }
 
+  // backwards compat hack to fill in the raw_data_use for programs that don't have it
+  if (appConfig?.intro) {
+    const default_raw_data_use = {
+      en: `monitor the ${appConfig?.intro?.program_or_study}, send personalized surveys or provide recommendations to participants`,
+      es: `monitorear el ${appConfig?.intro?.program_or_study}, enviar encuestas personalizadas o proporcionar recomendaciones a los participantes`,
+    };
+    Object.entries(appConfig?.intro?.translated_text).forEach(([lang, val]: [string, any]) => {
+      val.raw_data_use = val.raw_data_use || default_raw_data_use[lang];
+    });
+  }
+
   const templateText = useMemo(() => getTemplateText(appConfig, i18n.language), [appConfig]);
 
   return (