1. A method for managing document dissemination, comprising: at a computer communicatively connected to a plurality of clients, the computer having a processor and a non-transitory memory containing instructions to perform the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of operation logs from a plurality of local agents, wherein each of the plurality of local agents is executing on one of a plurality of clients; identifying a document stored on a client of the plurality of clients, wherein at least one of the plurality of operation logs includes an operation information entry indicating a request by an application running the client to disseminate the document, the request having been intercepted by one of the plurality of local agents; determining, using the at least one of the plurality of operation logs, a dissemination path of the document between the plurality of clients, the dissemination path comprising an ordered sequence of nodes, wherein said determining comprises resolving information about one or more target entity IDs in the at least one of the plurality of operation logs to one or more target entities, the dissemination path specifying entities between which the document was communicated and a direction of communication, wherein said determining includes determining that the operation information entry included in the at least one of the plurality of operation logs is associated with a dissemination operation; and performing an action based on the determined dissemination path of the document, wherein the action includes one or more of: issuing a delete request to one or more clients identified in the dissemination path, or issuing an update rule request to one or more clients identified in the dissemination path.