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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Changes in Amount of Goodwill | Changes in the amount of goodwill for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, are as follows:
| U.S. Information Solutions |  | International |  | Workforce Solutions |  | Global Consumer Solutions |  | Total
| (In millions)
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 |
Acquisitions | 57.7 |  |  | 14.5 |  |  | 17.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 89.3 |
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation | (0.1 | ) |  | 1.3 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  | 1.2 |
Foreign currency translation | — |  |  | (140.5 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4.3 | ) |  | (144.8 | )
Balance, December 31, 2018 | $ | 1,128.9 |  |  | $ | 1,844.7 |  |  | $ | 970.2 |  |  | $ | 185.9 |  |  | $ | 4,129.7 |
Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets | Our 2018 annual impairment test completed during the third quarter of 2018 resulted in no impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets.
| Amount
| (In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2016 | $ | 94.8 |
Foreign currency translation | 0.2 |
Balance, December 31, 2017 | 95.0 |
Foreign currency translation | (0.2 | )
Balance, December 31, 2018 | $ | 94.8 |
Purchased Intangible Assets | Purchased intangible assets, net, recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2018 and 2017, are as follows:
| December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Definite-lived intangible assets: | (In millions)
Purchased data files | $ | 911.4 |  |  | $ | (298.7 | ) |  | $ | 612.7 |  |  | $ | 955.7 |  |  | $ | (262.2 | ) |  | $ | 693.5 |
Acquired software and technology | 130.3 |  |  | (84.1 | ) |  | 46.2 |  |  | 142.3 |  |  | (66.6 | ) |  | 75.7 |
Customer relationships | 693.1 |  |  | (295.2 | ) |  | 397.9 |  |  | 772.4 |  |  | (326.7 | ) |  | 445.7 |
Reacquired rights | 73.3 |  |  | (73.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | 73.3 |  |  | (65.6 | ) |  | 7.7 |
Proprietary database | 46.3 |  |  | (12.5 | ) |  | 33.8 |  |  | 22.1 |  |  | (8.7 | ) |  | 13.4 |
Non-compete agreements | 3.8 |  |  | (2.2 | ) |  | 1.6 |  |  | 14.1 |  |  | (12.7 | ) |  | 1.4 |
Trade names and other intangible assets | 18.7 |  |  | (11.7 | ) |  | 7.0 |  |  | 20.2 |  |  | (10.6 | ) |  | 9.6 |
Total definite-lived intangible assets | $ | 1,876.9 |  |  | $ | (777.7 | ) |  | $ | 1,099.2 |  |  | $ | 2,000.1 |  |  | $ | (753.1 | ) |  | $ | 1,247.0 |
Estimated Future Amortization Expense | Estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived purchased intangible assets at December 31, 2018 is as follows:
Years ending December 31, |  | Amount
|  | (In millions)
2019 |  | $ | 132.0 |
2020 |  | 124.6 |
2021 |  | 107.4 |
2022 |  | 103.0 |
2023 |  | 101.8 |
Thereafter |  | 530.4 |
|  | $ | 1,099.2 |

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