“…Closely associated with the potential exploitation of personal data when using a given technological solution, the use of the term "creepy" is frequently associated with words such as "invasive," "uncomfortable," "suspicious," etc., to refer to a technology that is deemed to be a source of discomfort and privacy threat to the individual (Seberger et al, 2021). Research along these lines has used the term "creepy" to describe technologies that are perceived to have the potential to compromise and threaten users' privacy (Pierce, 2019) through the collection of personal data (Wo zniak et al, 2021). Indeed, proactive help from humanoid-like robots, advertising and unsolicited social networking encounters are labeled creepy because they use algorithms that exploit personal data to provide tailored recommendations (Li et al, 2021;Lutz et al, 2019;Wo zniak et al, 2021).…”