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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Changes in Amount of Goodwill Changes in the amount of goodwill for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, are as follows:  
Workforce Solutions U.S.
Information
Solutions
International Total
(In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2019 $ 1,023.0  $ 1,411.9  $ 1,873.4  $ 4,308.3 
Acquisitions —  6.0  52.3  58.3 
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation 0.3  —  —  0.3 
Foreign currency translation —  —  128.9  128.9 
Balance, December 31, 2020 1,023.3  1,417.9  2,054.6  4,495.8 
Acquisitions 1,342.1  481.5  18.4  1,842.0 
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation   0.7    0.7 
Foreign currency translation     (79.1) (79.1)
Divestitures     (1.3) (1.3)
Balance, December 31, 2021 $ 2,365.4  $ 1,900.1  $ 1,992.6  $ 6,258.1 
Purchased Intangible Assets Purchased intangible assets, net, recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2021 and 2020, are as follows:
  December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
Gross Accumulated
Amortization
Net Gross Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Definite-lived intangible assets: (In millions)
Purchased data files $ 1,103.1  $ (466.0) $ 637.1  $ 913.7  $ (399.2) $ 514.5 
Proprietary database 710.2  (59.3) 650.9  148.6  (30.7) 117.9 
Customer relationships 805.2  (354.9) 450.3  680.1  (331.4) 348.7 
Acquired software and technology 160.0  (18.9) 141.1  115.3  (106.6) 8.7 
Trade names and other intangible assets 23.9  (12.6) 11.3  14.4  (9.4) 5.0 
Non-compete agreements 11.0  (3.7) 7.3  6.5  (3.5) 3.0 
Total definite-lived intangible assets $ 2,813.4  $ (915.4) $ 1,898.0  $ 1,878.6  $ (880.8) $ 997.8 
Estimated Future Amortization Expense Estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived purchased intangible assets at December 31, 2021 is as follows:
Years ending December 31, Amount
  (In millions)
2022 $ 225.8 
2023 218.2 
2024 207.4 
2025 204.2 
2026 192.9 
Thereafter 849.5 
  $ 1,898.0