Does the ID tag given with the protection plan has a tracker that will give them your location?

It is my understanding that in the case that the dog gets lost the id tag will be activated so I can find the dog as soon as possible, Is this how it works or is it like a normal id tag? Also, if they know the location can I call them to see if its in my home: I keep misplacing it, once I though It was somewhere in my home and later on when a dog came back she had it in her collar in the next city over where the customer lives.