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Operating Segments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Operating Segments [Abstract] |
Financial information by segments |
|  | TransUnion Corp. Successor |  |  |  |  | TransUnion Corp. Predecessor |
(in millions) |  | Eight Months Ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  | Four Months Ended April, 30 2012 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Information Services |  | $ | 487.4 |  |  |  |  | $ | 238.1 |  |  | $ | 660.1 |  |  | $ | 636.0 |
International |  |  | 157.8 |  |  |  |  |  | 76.6 |  |  |  | 216.1 |  |  |  | 195.8 |
Interactive |  |  | 121.8 |  |  |  |  |  | 58.3 |  |  |  | 147.8 |  |  |  | 124.7 |
Total |  | $ | 767.0 |  |  |  |  | $ | 373.0 |  |  | $ | 1,024.0 |  |  | $ | 956.5 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Information Services |  | $ | 121.9 |  |  |  |  | $ | 33.2 |  |  | $ | 185.8 |  |  | $ | 177.1 |
International |  |  | 19.1 |  |  |  |  |  | 5.3 |  |  |  | 66.7 |  |  |  | 62.7 |
Interactive |  |  | 48.7 |  |  |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 56.5 |  |  |  | 37.7 |
Corporate |  |  | (47.6 | ) |  |  |  |  | (51.7 | ) |  |  | (56.3 | ) |  |  | (61.4 | )
Total |  | $ | 142.1 |  |  |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | 252.7 |  |  | $ | 216.1 |
Reconciliation of operating income (loss) to income from continuing operations before income tax: |
Operating income from segments |  | $ | 142.1 |  |  |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | 252.7 |  |  | $ | 216.1 |
Non-operating income and expense |  |  | (69.9 | ) |  |  |  |  | (63.7 | ) |  |  | (185.6 | ) |  |  | (133.1 | )
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax |  | $ | 72.2 |  |  |  |  | $ | (63.9 | ) |  | $ | 67.1 |  |  | $ | 83.0 |
Other income and expense, net, included earnings (losses) from equity method investments |
|  | TransUnion Corp. Successor |  |  |  |  | TransUnion Corp. Predecessor |
(in millions) |  | Eight Months Ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  | Four Months Ended April 30, 2012 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |
U.S. Information Services |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | (0.1 | )
International |  |  | 7.1 |  |  |  |  |  | 3.6 |  |  |  | 10.3 |  |  |  | 8.5 |
Interactive |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 8.0 |  |  |  |  | $ | 4.1 |  |  | $ | 11.4 |  |  | $ | 8.4 |
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization, by segment |
(in millions) |  | TransUnion Corp. Successor December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  | TransUnion Corp. Predecessor December 31, 2011 |
U.S. Information Services |  | $ | 55.7 |  |  |  |  | $ | 58.0 |
International |  |  | 18.4 |  |  |  |  |  | 26.7 |
Interactive |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  |  |  | 3.3 |
Corporate |  |  | 43.8 |  |  |  |  |  | 21.0 |
Total |  | $ | 121.2 |  |  |  |  | $ | 109.0 |
Cash paid for capital expenditures, by segment |
|  | TransUnion Corp. Successor |  |  |  |  | TransUnion Corp. Predecessor |
(in millions) |  | Eight Months Ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  | Four Months Ended April 30, 2012 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |
U.S. Information Services |  | $ | 30.8 |  |  |  |  | $ | 14.3 |  |  | $ | 54.3 |
International |  |  | 8.6 |  |  |  |  |  | 2.4 |  |  |  | 12.3 |
Interactive |  |  | 2.8 |  |  |  |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Corporate |  |  | 6.6 |  |  |  |  |  | 2.4 |  |  |  | 5.3 |
Total |  | $ | 48.8 |  |  |  |  | $ | 20.4 |  |  | $ | 74.0 |
Depreciation and amortization expense of continuing operations, by segment |
|  | TransUnion Corp. Successor |  |  |  |  | TransUnion Corp. Predecessor |
(in millions) |  | Eight Months Ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  | Four Months Ended April 30, 2012 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |
U.S. Information Services |  | $ | 78.9 |  |  |  |  | $ | 22.3 |  |  | $ | 66.9 |  |  | $ | 63.7 |
International |  |  | 25.8 |  |  |  |  |  | 3.7 |  |  |  | 7.8 |  |  |  | 6.8 |
Interactive |  |  | 5.2 |  |  |  |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | 4.3 |  |  |  | 4.8 |
Corporate |  |  | 5.1 |  |  |  |  |  | 1.9 |  |  |  | 6.3 |  |  |  | 6.3 |
Total |  | $ | 115.0 |  |  |  |  | $ | 29.2 |  |  | $ | 85.3 |  |  | $ | 81.6 |
Revenue based on the country |
|  | TransUnion Corp. Successor |  |  |  |  | TransUnion Corp. Predecessor |
(in millions) |  | Eight Months Ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  | Four Months Ended April 30, 2012 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |
United States |  |  | 79 | % |  |  |  |  | 79 | % |  |  | 79 | % |  |  | 80 | %
South Africa |  |  | 7 | % |  |  |  |  | 8 | % |  |  | 9 | % |  |  | 9 | %
Canada |  |  | 5 | % |  |  |  |  | 6 | % |  |  | 6 | % |  |  | 6 | %
Other |  |  | 9 | % |  |  |  |  | 7 | % |  |  | 6 | % |  |  | 5 | %
Long-lived assets, other than financial instruments and deferred tax assets, based on the location of the legal entity that owns the asset |
|  | Approximate Percent of Long-Lived Assets |
Country |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
United States |  |  | 81 | % |  |  | 80 | % |  |  | 88 | %
South Africa |  |  | 5 | % |  |  | 5 | % |  |  | 7 | %
Canada |  |  | 4 | % |  |  | 2 | % |  |  | 2 | %
Other |  |  | 10 | % |  |  | 13 | % |  |  | 3 | %

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