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  "name": "Google Address Validation API",
  "slug": "google-address-validation",
  "website_url": "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation",
  "vendor_description": "\"Address Validation lets you validate and correct address inputs with Places data powered by Google Maps Platform.\"",
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    "address-validation"
  ],
  "summary": "Google Address Validation API validates and corrects postal addresses using Google Maps Places data, covering 40+ countries with USPS CASS certification for US and Puerto Rico addresses. It targets e-commerce checkout flows, financial services onboarding, and batch data quality use cases. Pricing starts at $17 per 1,000 requests with a free tier of 5,000 requests per month, and enterprise plans are available without a required sales call. The API is REST-based with SDK support for Java, Go, Node.js, Python, and .NET, and holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliance.",
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      "Austria",
      "Australia",
      "Belgium",
      "Bulgaria",
      "Brazil",
      "Canada",
      "Switzerland",
      "Chile",
      "Colombia",
      "Czechia",
      "Germany",
      "Denmark",
      "Estonia",
      "Spain",
      "Finland",
      "France",
      "United Kingdom",
      "Croatia",
      "Hungary",
      "Ireland",
      "Italy",
      "Lithuania",
      "Luxembourg",
      "Latvia",
      "Mexico",
      "Malaysia",
      "Netherlands",
      "Norway",
      "New Zealand",
      "Poland",
      "Puerto Rico",
      "Portugal",
      "Sweden",
      "Singapore",
      "Slovenia",
      "Slovakia",
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      "validity and deliverability verdict (possibleNextAction: ACCEPT/CONFIRM/FIX)",
      "geocode (LatLng coordinates, Place ID, Plus Code, viewport bounds)",
      "address metadata (residential/business/PO Box flags)",
      "USPS data for US/PR addresses (DPV/CASS fields)",
      "granularity levels (SUB_PREMISE, PREMISE, PREMISE_PROXIMITY, BLOCK, ROUTE, OTHER)",
      "inferred/spell-corrected/replaced component flags",
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    "data_retention_policy_url": "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/policies",
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    "known_restrictions": [
      "Content pre-fetching, caching, or storage is generally restricted; Place ID is exempt and may be stored indefinitely",
      "Address validation response elements may be cached a maximum of 30 consecutive calendar days and must be deleted after 30 days",
      "Cached response data must be associated against a user account (email address or other primary ID)",
      "USPS CASS processing (enableUspsCass) limited to US and Puerto Rico addresses only",
      "Recipients and organization fields in PostalAddress are ignored and discarded",
      "Address total field length must not exceed 280 characters",
      "EEA customers subject to separate Terms of Service effective 8 July 2025",
      "Session tokens for billing integration only work with Autocomplete (New) API, not legacy Autocomplete",
      "India and Japan are preview (pre-GA) regions with potential limitations and changes",
      "Mandatory Google Maps attribution required when displaying API results",
      "Use to transmit, store, or process health information subject to US HIPAA is explicitly prohibited by the Acceptable Use Policy",
      "Address Validation Pro only available in Essentials ($275/mo) and Pro ($1,200/mo) subscription plans; not in Starter plan"
    ]
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      "Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan",
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      "confidence": "high"
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      "confidence": "high"
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