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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Changes in Amount of Goodwill Changes in the amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, are as follows:
Workforce Solutions U.S.
Information
Solutions
International Global Consumer Solutions Total
 
Balance, December 31, 2020 $ 1,010.7  $ 1,286.7  $ 2,007.9  $ 190.5  $ 4,495.8 
Acquisitions 223.8  487.2  18.4    729.4 
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation   0.7      0.7 
Foreign currency translation     (56.9) 1.5  (55.4)
Divestitures     (1.3)   (1.3)
Balance, September 30, 2021 $ 1,234.5  $ 1,774.6  $ 1,968.1  $ 192.0  $ 5,169.2 
Purchased Intangible Assets
Purchased intangible assets at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 consisted of the following:
  September 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Gross Accumulated
Amortization
Net Gross Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Definite-lived intangible assets: (In millions)
Purchased data files $ 1,107.4  $ (449.4) $ 658.0  $ 913.7  $ (399.2) $ 514.5 
Customer relationships 788.5  (348.9) 439.6  680.1  (331.4) 348.7 
Proprietary database 190.1  (44.8) 145.3  148.6  (30.7) 117.9 
Acquired software and technology 26.5  (13.8) 12.7  115.3  (106.6) 8.7 
Trade names and other intangible assets 20.4  (12.3) 8.1  14.4  (9.4) 5.0 
Non-compete agreements 11.1  (3.2) 7.9  6.5  (3.5) 3.0 
Total definite-lived intangible assets $ 2,144.0  $ (872.4) $ 1,271.6  $ 1,878.6  $ (880.8) $ 997.8 
Estimated Future Amortization Expense
Estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived purchased intangible assets at September 30, 2021 is as follows:
Years ending December 31,
Amount
  (In millions)
2021 $ 41.6 
2022 164.7 
2023 158.0 
2024 149.0 
2025 145.5 
Thereafter 612.8 
  $ 1,271.6