The recording and playback device includes a recording unit configured to record AV data on a recording medium as an AV data file, a file management unit configured to provide an access system depending on a use to the AV data file, an updating unit configured to update file information about access restrictions on the AV data file depending on the access system being provided depending on a use, based on a rule associated with the access system, and a communication unit configured to open the AV data relating to the updated file information to the outside.