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It does not perform full postal deliverability validation.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Works with WooCommerce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Supports WooCommerce Checkout Blocks<\/li>\n<li>Supports classic <code>[woocommerce_checkout]<\/code> shortcode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Google Places Autocomplete support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Optional Google Places Autocomplete at checkout<\/li>\n<li>Bring-your-own Google Maps Platform API key<\/li>\n<li>Works with shipping and billing address line 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Local checkout checks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Missing house or building number detection<\/li>\n<li>PO box detection<\/li>\n<li>Parcel locker \/ Packstation detection<\/li>\n<li>Basic postcode format checks for selected countries<\/li>\n<li>Warn customer or block checkout modes<\/li>\n<li>Optional private order notes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Local checkout checks run on your server and do not require Google.<\/p>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>When Google Places Autocomplete is enabled, address search queries entered by customers at checkout are sent to Google Places through the store owner's configured Google Maps Platform account. This is used to return address suggestions.<\/p>\n\n<p>This plugin does not include bundled Google API usage. Store owners must use their own Google Maps Platform API key.<\/p>\n\n<p>Service provider: Google Maps Platform\nService documentation: https:\/\/developers.google.com\/maps\/documentation\/places\nTerms: https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/maps-platform\/terms\nPrivacy Policy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy<\/p>\n\n<h3>Source code<\/h3>\n\n<p>Compiled admin assets live in <code>assets\/admin\/dist\/<\/code>. 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