1. A method for sharing cloud data resources among associated users comprising: receiving a first sharing request from a first associate user to share a first cloud data resource owned by a primary user, wherein the first associate user and the primary user are associates of each other in a first social network; in response to receiving the first sharing request, retrieving a sharing profile associated with the primary user from a storage area, wherein the sharing profile comprises a list of sharable cloud data resources owned by the primary user, a list of associate users who are associates of the primary user from one or more social networks, and one or more sharing rules, wherein each sharing rule specifies a condition on which an associate user member of the list of associates is permitted to share one or more cloud data resources from the list of sharable cloud data resources; and in response to retrieving the sharing profile, evaluating the first sharing request by using the sharing profile to determine whether the first sharing request is permitted or denied, wherein if the first sharing request is permitted the first cloud data resource is made available for sharing by the first associate user, and wherein if the first sharing request is denied the first associate user is not permitted to share the first cloud data resource.