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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Changes in Amount of Goodwill | Changes in the amount of goodwill for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, are as follows:
| U.S. Information Solutions |  | International |  | Workforce Solutions |  | Global Consumer Solutions |  | Total
| (In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2015 | $ | 1,071.3 |  |  | $ | 441.5 |  |  | $ | 907.6 |  |  | $ | 150.6 |  |  | $ | 2,571.0 |
Acquisitions | — |  |  | 1,411.6 |  |  | 44.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,456.3 |
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation | — |  |  | (6.2 | ) |  | (0.2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6.4 | )
Foreign currency translation | — |  |  | (32.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (14.3 | ) |  | (46.6 | )
Balance, December 31, 2016 | 1,071.3 |  |  | 1,814.6 |  |  | 952.1 |  |  | 136.3 |  |  | 3,974.3 |
Acquisitions | — |  |  | 43.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 48.5 |  |  | 92.4 |
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation | — |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1.0 |
Foreign currency translation | — |  |  | 109.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 6.4 |  |  | 116.3 |
Balance, December 31, 2017 | $ | 1,071.3 |  |  | $ | 1,969.4 |  |  | $ | 952.1 |  |  | $ | 191.2 |  |  | $ | 4,184.0 |
Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets | Our 2017 annual impairment test completed during the third quarter of 2017 resulted in no impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets.
| Amount
| (In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2015 | $ | 94.7 |
Foreign currency translation | 0.1 |
Balance, December 31, 2016 | 94.8 |
Foreign currency translation | 0.2 |
Balance, December 31, 2017 | $ | 95.0 |
Purchased Intangible Assets | Purchased intangible assets, net, recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2017 and 2016, are as follows:
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Definite-lived intangible assets: | (In millions)
Purchased data files | $ | 955.7 |  |  | $ | (262.2 | ) |  | $ | 693.5 |  |  | $ | 1,012.7 |  |  | $ | (276.0 | ) |  | $ | 736.7 |
Acquired software and technology | 142.3 |  |  | (66.6 | ) |  | 75.7 |  |  | 131.5 |  |  | (36.1 | ) |  | 95.4 |
Customer relationships | 772.4 |  |  | (326.7 | ) |  | 445.7 |  |  | 712.7 |  |  | (273.0 | ) |  | 439.7 |
Reacquired rights | 73.3 |  |  | (65.6 | ) |  | 7.7 |  |  | 73.3 |  |  | (52.5 | ) |  | 20.8 |
Proprietary database | 22.1 |  |  | (8.7 | ) |  | 13.4 |  |  | 21.5 |  |  | (6.7 | ) |  | 14.8 |
Non-compete agreements | 14.1 |  |  | (12.7 | ) |  | 1.4 |  |  | 26.8 |  |  | (22.2 | ) |  | 4.6 |
Trade names and other intangible assets | 20.2 |  |  | (10.6 | ) |  | 9.6 |  |  | 54.1 |  |  | (42.3 | ) |  | 11.8 |
Total definite-lived intangible assets | $ | 2,000.1 |  |  | $ | (753.1 | ) |  | $ | 1,247.0 |  |  | $ | 2,032.6 |  |  | $ | (708.8 | ) |  | $ | 1,323.8 |
Estimated Future Amortization Expense | Estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived purchased intangible assets at December 31, 2017 is as follows:
Years ending December 31, |  | Amount
|  | (In millions)
2018 |  | $ | 149.7 |
2019 |  | 130.1 |
2020 |  | 123.6 |
2021 |  | 105.9 |
2022 |  | 99.9 |
Thereafter |  | 637.8 |
|  | $ | 1,247.0 |

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