According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a request to access protected data stored in a smart data container. The method further comprises comparing a first device identifier associated with a first device from which the request to access the protected data stored in the smart data container was received to a second device identifier which uniquely identifies a second device that created the smart data container. The method further comprises allowing access to the protected data stored in the smart data container by the first device based on whether the first device identifier matches the second device identifier.