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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Changes in Amount of Goodwill | Changes in the amount of goodwill for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, are as follows:
| U.S. Information Solutions |  | International |  | Workforce Solutions |  | Global Consumer Solutions |  | Total
| (In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2018 | $ | 1,128.9 |  |  | $ | 1,844.7 |  |  | $ | 970.2 |  |  | $ | 185.9 |  |  | $ | 4,129.7 |
Acquisitions | 153.7 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 40.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 195.9 |
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation | (1.9) |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.3 |
Foreign currency translation | — |  |  | (20.7) |  |  | — |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | (18.6) |
Balance, December 31, 2019 | 1,280.7 |  |  | 1,829.2 |  |  | 1,010.4 |  |  | 188.0 |  |  | 4,308.3 |
Acquisitions | 6.0 |  |  | 52.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 58.3 |
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |
Foreign currency translation | — |  |  | 126.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.5 |  |  | 128.9 |
Balance, December 31, 2020 | $ | 1,286.7 |  |  | $ | 2,007.9 |  |  | $ | 1,010.7 |  |  | $ | 190.5 |  |  | $ | 4,495.8 |
Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets | Our 2020 annual impairment test completed during the third quarter of 2020 resulted in no impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets.
| Amount
| (In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2018 | $ | 94.8 |
Foreign currency translation | 0.1 |
Balance, December 31, 2019 | $ | 94.9 |
Foreign currency translation | — |
Balance, December 31, 2020 | $ | 94.9 |
Purchased Intangible Assets | Purchased intangible assets, net, recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2020 and 2019, are as follows:
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Definite-lived intangible assets: | (In millions)
Purchased data files | $ | 913.7 |  |  | $ | (399.2) |  |  | $ | 514.5 |  |  | $ | 904.0 |  |  | $ | (351.8) |  |  | $ | 552.2 |
Acquired software and technology | 115.3 |  |  | (106.6) |  |  | 8.7 |  |  | 110.1 |  |  | (84.0) |  |  | 26.1 |
Customer relationships | 680.1 |  |  | (331.4) |  |  | 348.7 |  |  | 673.0 |  |  | (305.1) |  |  | 367.9 |
Reacquired rights | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Proprietary database | 148.6 |  |  | (30.7) |  |  | 117.9 |  |  | 108.3 |  |  | (20.9) |  |  | 87.4 |
Non-compete agreements | 6.5 |  |  | (3.5) |  |  | 3.0 |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | (3.5) |  |  | 4.3 |
Trade names and other intangible assets | 14.4 |  |  | (9.4) |  |  | 5.0 |  |  | 17.3 |  |  | (10.6) |  |  | 6.7 |
Total definite-lived intangible assets | $ | 1,878.6 |  |  | $ | (880.8) |  |  | $ | 997.8 |  |  | $ | 1,820.5 |  |  | $ | (775.9) |  |  | $ | 1,044.6 |
Estimated Future Amortization Expense | Estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived purchased intangible assets at December 31, 2020 is as follows:
Years ending December 31, |  | Amount
|  | (In millions)
2021 |  | $ | 130.9 |
2022 |  | 124.8 |
2023 |  | 123.2 |
2024 |  | 114.6 |
2025 |  | 114.1 |
Thereafter |  | 390.2 |
|  | $ | 997.8 |

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