Loss Contingency, Domicile of Litigation, Number of States or Provinces

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Proceeds from Insurance Recoveries

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The amount recovered from insurance. These recoveries reduce costs and losses that are reported as a separate line item under operating expenses.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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The amount of loss pertaining to the specified contingency that was charged against earnings in the period, including the effects of revisions in previously reported estimates.

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The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

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Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Expenses and Insurance Recoveries (Details) £ in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2018 lawsuit	Mar. 15, 2019 lawsuit	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) lawsuit province	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) lawsuit province	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 30, 2020 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 GBP (£)
Data Security Incident
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Expense related to data security incident			$ (35)	$ 6	$ (17)	$ 198
Insurance recoveries related to data security incident			4	9	24	77
Insurance recoveries received			1	$ 6	45	$ 58
Data Security Incident, UK Information Commissioner's Office
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated fine \| £									£ 99.0
Accrual for loss contingency			$ 23		$ 23			$ 65
Data Security Incident, UK Information Commissioner's Office \| Subsequent Event
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated fine \| £							£ 18.4
Class Action Lawsuits Related to Data Security Incident
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of new lawsuits filed \| lawsuit	100
Shareholder Derivative Complaints Related to Data Security Incident
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of new lawsuits filed \| lawsuit		2
Canadian Class Action Lawsuits Related to Data Security Incident
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed \| lawsuit			5		5
Number of provinces where cases are pending \| province			5		5