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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Commitments (Details) £ in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020 GBP (£)	Mar. 15, 2019 lawsuit	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) lawsuit	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 GBP (£)
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Purchase obligation			$ 437
Purchase obligation, expected to fund commitments in 2021			186
Purchase obligation, expected to fund commitments in 2022			137
Purchase obligation, expected to fund commitments in 2023			48
Purchase obligation, expected to fund commitments after 2023			66
Letters of credit outstanding			156
Surety bonds issued			163
Data Security Incident
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Expense related to data security incident			(11)	$ 148	$ 28
Insurance recoveries			29	84	$ 25
Proceeds from insurance recoveries			47	58
Data Security Incident, UK Information Commissioner's Office
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Expense related to data security incident			(39)	65
Estimated fine \| £						£ 99.0
Fine \| £	£ 18.4
Payment period for fine	2 years
Accrual for loss contingency			$ 17	$ 65
Putative Class Action Lawsuits Related to Data Security Incident
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed \| lawsuit			100
Shareholder Derivative Complaints Related to Data Security Incident
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of new lawsuits filed \| lawsuit		2