Jennifer Lawrence 2017

The man who officials say leaked nude photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence and several other celebrities has pleaded guilty to felony computer-hacking charges.

Ryan Collins, a 36-year-old Pennsylvania native, caused waves in the entertainment industry after it was reported that he helped leak the nude photos online in August 2014. This week, he signed a plea agreement and could face up to five years in prison.

But Collins is just one of several people making headlines for leaking explicit images of people without their consent. Former ESPN anchor Erin Andrews was awarded $55 million of her $75 million civil lawsuit against Michael David Barrett and the owner of a Nashville Marriott. Barret, who stalked Andrews to the Marriott, proceeded to film her through a peephole in 2008 and upload the video onto the Internet.

Gawker is also in hot water this week as jurors will hear closing arguments in ex-pro wrestler Hulk Hogan's case against the celebrity gossip site. Hogan is suing Gawker for $100 million after they posted a video he says was recorded without his knowledge.

Following Collins' photo leak, Lawrence bravely spoke out out aga

inst the culture that made it (and the media frenzy that followed) possible. "Just because I'm a public figure, just because I'm an actress, does not mean that I asked for this," she told Vanity Fair, later adding, "The law needs to be changed, and we need to change."

News headlines from this week could not make the message any clearer: violating people's privacy is not OK.

As the general public awaits rulings in Hogan's high-profile case, stories like these are a good reminder that everyone should take their privacy seriously. And so far, major organizations are taking notice.Apple has resisted the FBI's attempt at acquiring a backdoor to iPhones. Revenge porn, the practice of releasing explicit photos or videos of an ex after you've broken up, has been made illegal in 26 states. Google, Facebook, and Twitter all now have policies in place to combat revenge porn and other non-consensual uploads.