Title: Fatal error: Uncaught exception &#8216;WC_Data_Exception&#8217;
Last modified: April 5, 2017

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# Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘WC_Data_Exception’

 *  Resolved [Mixhel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mixhel/)
 * (@mixhel)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-uncaught-exception-wc_data_exception/)
 * Since the new update of woocommerce 3.0.0 i’m getting the following error and
   my local website doesn’t work anymore. I also put on woocommerce older versions
   but then i still get this error only from different lines.
 * Can anybody help me please!
 * Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘WC_Data_Exception’ with message ‘Invalid billing
   email address’ in C:\xampp\htdocs\maerflex\wp-content\plugins\woocommerce\includes\
   abstracts\abstract-wc-data.php:677 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\maerflex\wp-
   content\plugins\woocommerce\includes\class-wc-customer.php(948): WC_Data->error(‘
   customer_invali…’, ‘Invalid billing…’) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\maerflex\wp-content\
   plugins\woocommerce\includes\data-stores\class-wc-customer-data-store-session.
   php(132): WC_Customer->set_billing_email(‘michel@localhos…’) #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\
   maerflex\wp-content\plugins\woocommerce\includes\data-stores\class-wc-customer-
   data-store-session.php(102): WC_Customer_Data_Store_Session->set_defaults(Object(
   WC_Customer)) #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\maerflex\wp-content\plugins\woocommerce\includes\
   class-wc-data-store.php(143): WC_Customer_Data_Store_Session->read(Object(WC_Customer))#
   4 C:\xampp\htdocs\maerflex\wp-content\plugins\woocommerce\includes\class-wc-customer.
   php(116): WC_Data_Store->read(Object(WC_Customer)) #5 in C:\xampp\htdocs\maerflex\
   wp-content\plugins\woocommerce\includes\abstracts\abstract-wc-data.php on line
   677

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 *  Thread Starter [Mixhel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mixhel/)
 * (@mixhel)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-uncaught-exception-wc_data_exception/#post-8996433)
 * I’m also getting an error when downgrading to older version and running the woocommerce
   data updater.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
 * (@mikejolley)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-uncaught-exception-wc_data_exception/#post-8996915)
 * Thanks fixed with [https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/pull/13959](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/pull/13959)
 * Your [@localhost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/localhost/) email is not
   valid so it gets thrown as error.

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 * Last reply from: [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-uncaught-exception-wc_data_exception/#post-8996915)
 * Status: resolved