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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS | GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Goodwill. Goodwill represents the cost in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired in a business combination. Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis and on an interim basis if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. We perform our annual goodwill impairment tests as of September 30. Changes in the amount of goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2018, are as follows:
|  | U.S. Information Solutions |  | International |  | Workforce Solutions |  | Global Consumer Solutions |  | Total
|  | (In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 1,071.3 |  |  | $ | 1,969.4 |  |  | $ | 952.1 |  |  | $ | 191.2 |  |  | $ | 4,184.0 |
Acquisitions |  | — |  |  | 2.0 |  |  | 17.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 19.1 |
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation |  | — |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  | 0.5 |
Foreign currency translation |  | — |  |  | (66.7 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  | (67.7 | )
Balance, June 30, 2018 |  | $ | 1,071.3 |  |  | $ | 1,905.7 |  |  | $ | 969.7 |  |  | $ | 189.2 |  |  | $ | 4,135.9 |
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets. Indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of indefinite-lived reacquired rights representing the value of rights which we had granted to various affiliate credit reporting agencies that were reacquired in the U.S. and Canada. At the time we acquired these agreements, they were considered perpetual in nature under the accounting guidance in place at that time and, therefore, the useful lives are considered indefinite. Indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized. We are required to test indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually and whenever events or circumstances indicate that there may be an impairment of the asset value. We perform our annual indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment test as of September 30. The estimated fair value of our indefinite-lived intangible assets exceeded the carrying value as of September 30, 2017. As a result, no impairment was recorded. Our indefinite-lived intangible asset carrying amounts did no t change materially during the six months ended June 30, 2018. Purchased Intangible Assets. Purchased intangible assets represent the estimated acquisition date fair value of acquired intangible assets used in our business. Purchased data files represent the estimated acquisition date fair value of consumer credit files acquired primarily through the purchase of independent credit reporting agencies in the U.S., Canada and Australia. We expense the cost of modifying and updating credit files in the period such costs are incurred. Our reacquired rights represent the value of rights which we had granted to Computer Sciences Corporation that were reacquired in connection with the acquisition of certain assets of CSC Credit Services (“CSC Credit Services Acquisition”) in the fourth quarter of 2012. These reacquired rights are being amortized over the remaining term of the affiliation agreement on a straight-line basis until August 1, 2018. We amortize all of our purchased intangible assets on a straight-line basis. For additional information about the useful lives related to our purchased intangible assets, see Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2017 Form 10-K. Purchased intangible assets at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 consisted of the following:
|  | June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
|  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Definite-lived intangible assets: |  | (In millions)
Purchased data files |  | $ | 925.9 |  |  | $ | (277.4 | ) |  | $ | 648.5 |  |  | $ | 955.7 |  |  | $ | (262.2 | ) |  | $ | 693.5 |
Acquired software and technology |  | 122.7 |  |  | (62.7 | ) |  | 60.0 |  |  | 142.3 |  |  | (66.6 | ) |  | 75.7 |
Customer relationships |  | 701.0 |  |  | (279.4 | ) |  | 421.6 |  |  | 772.4 |  |  | (326.7 | ) |  | 445.7 |
Reacquired rights |  | 73.3 |  |  | (72.2 | ) |  | 1.1 |  |  | 73.3 |  |  | (65.6 | ) |  | 7.7 |
Proprietary database |  | 24.0 |  |  | (9.9 | ) |  | 14.1 |  |  | 22.1 |  |  | (8.7 | ) |  | 13.4 |
Non-compete agreements |  | 4.4 |  |  | (3.1 | ) |  | 1.3 |  |  | 14.1 |  |  | (12.7 | ) |  | 1.4 |
Trade names and other intangible assets |  | 20.2 |  |  | (11.9 | ) |  | 8.3 |  |  | 20.2 |  |  | (10.6 | ) |  | 9.6 |
Total definite-lived intangible assets |  | $ | 1,871.5 |  |  | $ | (716.6 | ) |  | $ | 1,154.9 |  |  | $ | 2,000.1 |  |  | $ | (753.1 | ) |  | $ | 1,247.0 |
Amortization expense related to purchased intangible assets was $39.2 million and $41.8 million during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Amortization expense related to purchased intangible assets was $81.4 million and $86.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived purchased intangible assets at June 30, 2018 is as follows:
Years ending December 31, |  | Amount
|  | (In millions)
2018 |  | $ | 70.6 |
2019 |  | 131.4 |
2020 |  | 123.7 |
2021 |  | 106.5 |
2022 |  | 100.8 |
Thereafter |  | 621.9 |
|  | $ | 1,154.9 |

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