diff --git a/native/navigation/navigation-handler.react.js b/native/navigation/navigation-handler.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/navigation-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/navigation-handler.react.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { PersistGate } from 'redux-persist/integration/react';
 
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors';
 
 import DevTools from '../redux/dev-tools.react';
+import { getPersistor } from '../redux/persist';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
 import type { AppState } from '../redux/state-types';
 import { usePersistedStateLoaded } from '../selectors/app-state-selectors';
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
 import NavFromReduxHandler from './nav-from-redux-handler.react';
 import { useIsAppLoggedIn } from './nav-selectors';
 import { NavContext, type NavAction } from './navigation-context';
+import PolicyAcknowledgmentHandler from './policy-acknowledgment-handler.react';
 import ThreadScreenTracker from './thread-screen-tracker.react';
 
 const NavigationHandler: React.ComponentType<{}> = React.memo<{}>(
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@
         <LogInHandler dispatch={dispatch} />
         <ThreadScreenTracker />
         <ModalPruner navContext={navContext} />
+        <PersistGate persistor={getPersistor()}>
+          <PolicyAcknowledgmentHandler />
+        </PersistGate>
         {devTools}
       </>
     );
diff --git a/native/navigation/policy-acknowledgment-handler.react.js b/native/navigation/policy-acknowledgment-handler.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/navigation/policy-acknowledgment-handler.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { policyTypes } from 'lib/facts/policies';
+
+import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
+import { TermsAndPrivacyRouteName } from './route-names';
+
+function PolicyAcknowledgmentHandler(): null {
+  const userPolicies = useSelector(state => state.userPolicies);
+  const navigation = useNavigation();
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const tosAndPrivacyState = userPolicies?.[policyTypes.tosAndPrivacyPolicy];
+    if (tosAndPrivacyState && !tosAndPrivacyState?.isAcknowledged) {
+      navigation.navigate<'TermsAndPrivacyModal'>({
+        name: TermsAndPrivacyRouteName,
+        params: { policyType: policyTypes.tosAndPrivacyPolicy },
+      });
+    }
+  }, [navigation, userPolicies]);
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+export default PolicyAcknowledgmentHandler;
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
         ref={containerRef}
       >
         <RootNavigator />
+        <NavigationHandler />
       </NavigationContainer>
     );
   }
@@ -262,7 +263,6 @@
                         />
                       </PersistedStateGate>
                       {navigation}
-                      <NavigationHandler />
                     </ChatContextProvider>
                   </MarkdownContextProvider>
                 </ActionSheetProvider>