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Article: Internet trader wound up on petitions presented by the DTI.
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- November 23, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 November 2000-UK Government: Internet trader wound up on petitions presented by the DTI (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Smartalk Ltd traded on the Internet and by advertising in the local and national press and in IT and PC magazines offering computers to the public in return for a payment of GBP100 and the obligation to complete a monthly questionnaire on the Internet that would generate saleable market research information. Additional charges were made for upgrades.
A petition by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry was presented following an investigation carried out by the Department's Companies ...