diff --git a/packages/core/src/css_composer/index.ts b/packages/core/src/css_composer/index.ts
index 19914f253..89a486246 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/css_composer/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/css_composer/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { ObjectAny, PrevToNewIdMap } from '../common';
 import { UpdateStyleOptions } from '../domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel';
 import { CssEvents } from './types';
 import CssRuleView from './view/CssRuleView';
+import type { DataBindingImportPolicy } from '../data_sources/types';
 
 /** @private */
 interface RuleOptions {
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ export interface GetSetRuleOptions extends UpdateStyleOptions {
 
 type CssRuleStyle = Required<CssRuleProperties>['style'];
 
+export interface AddCollectionOptions extends UpdateStyleOptions {
+  extend?: boolean | number;
+  avoidUpdateStyle?: boolean;
+  dataBindingImportPolicy?: DataBindingImportPolicy;
+}
+
 export default class CssComposer extends ItemManagerModule<CssComposerConfig & { pStylePrefix?: string }> {
   classes = {
     CssRule,
@@ -295,12 +302,14 @@ export default class CssComposer extends ItemManagerModule<CssComposerConfig & {
    * @return {Array<Model>}
    * @private
    */
-  addCollection(data: string | CssRuleJSON[], opts: Record<string, any> = {}, props = {}) {
+  addCollection(data: string | CssRuleJSON[], opts: AddCollectionOptions = {}, props = {}) {
     const { em } = this;
     const result: CssRule[] = [];
+    const parsedImportOpts: AddCollectionOptions = { ...opts, parsedImportSource: 'css' as const };
 
     if (isString(data)) {
       data = em.Parser.parseCss(data);
+      opts = parsedImportOpts;
     }
 
     const d = data instanceof Array ? data : [data];
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/config/config.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/config/config.ts
index 7a85ccbb6..f6f38c792 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/config/config.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,36 @@
+import type { DataBindingImportPolicy } from '../types';
+
 export interface DataSourcesConfig {
   /**
    * If true, data source providers will be autoloaded on project load.
    * @default false
    */
   autoloadProviders?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Controls how parsed HTML/CSS string imports interact with existing data-bound
+   * component properties, attributes, and styles.
+   *
+   * This applies when a string import tries to write a static value over an existing
+   * data binding, for example via `components().resetFromString(...)` or
+   * `Css.addCollection('...')`.
+   *
+   * Available options:
+   * - `'overwrite'`: replace the existing binding with the imported static value.
+   * - `'skip'`: ignore the imported static value and keep the current binding.
+   * - `'update'`: write the imported static value into the bound data source and keep the binding.
+   * - `(context) => action`: decide per imported key based on the binding context.
+   *
+   * This value acts as the global default and can be overridden per import call with
+   * the `dataBindingImportPolicy` option.
+   * @default 'overwrite'
+   */
+  dataBindingImportPolicy?: DataBindingImportPolicy;
 }
 
 const config: () => DataSourcesConfig = () => ({
   autoloadProviders: false,
+  dataBindingImportPolicy: 'overwrite',
 });
 
 export default config;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/data_sources/types.ts b/packages/core/src/data_sources/types.ts
index 7545c0510..bc0d47aba 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/data_sources/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/data_sources/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { AddOptions, Collection, Model, ObjectAny, RemoveOptions, SetOptions } from '../common';
+import type StyleableModel from '../domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel';
 import DataRecord from './model/DataRecord';
 import DataRecords from './model/DataRecords';
 import DataSource from './model/DataSource';
@@ -167,6 +168,27 @@ export interface DataSourceTransformers {
   onRecordSetValue?: (args: { id: string | number; key: string; value: any }) => any;
 }
 
+export type DataBindingImportSource = 'html' | 'css';
+
+export type DataBindingKind = 'property' | 'attribute' | 'style';
+
+export type DataBindingImportAction = 'overwrite' | 'update' | 'skip';
+
+export interface DataBindingImportContext {
+  target: StyleableModel;
+  kind: DataBindingKind;
+  source: DataBindingImportSource;
+  key: string;
+  value: any;
+  resolvedValue: any;
+  resolver: DataResolverProps;
+  path?: string;
+}
+
+export type DataBindingImportPolicy =
+  | DataBindingImportAction
+  | ((context: DataBindingImportContext) => DataBindingImportAction);
+
 type DotSeparatedKeys<T> = T extends object
   ? {
       [K in keyof T]: K extends string
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/Components.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/Components.ts
index 74f6273b3..9492f3265 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/Components.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/Components.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import ComponentText from './ComponentText';
 import ComponentWrapper from './ComponentWrapper';
 import { ComponentsEvents, ParseStringOptions } from '../types';
 import { isSymbolInstance, isSymbolRoot, updateSymbolComps } from './SymbolUtils';
+import type { DataBindingImportPolicy } from '../../data_sources/types';
 
 export interface ResetCommonUpdateProps {
   component: Component;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export interface ResetCommonUpdateProps {
 export interface ResetFromStringOptions {
   visitedCmps?: Record<string, ComponentDefinitionDefined[]>;
   keepIds?: string[];
+  dataBindingImportPolicy?: DataBindingImportPolicy;
   updateOptions?: {
     onAttributes?: (props: ResetCommonUpdateProps & { attributes: Record<string, any> }) => void;
     onStyle?: (props: ResetCommonUpdateProps & { style: Record<string, any> }) => void;
@@ -68,18 +70,19 @@ const getComponentsFromDefs = (
           result = all[id] as any;
           const { onAttributes, onStyle } = updateOptions;
           const component = result as unknown as Component;
-          tagName && component.set({ tagName }, { ...opts, silent: true });
+          const htmlImportOpts = { ...opts, parsedImportSource: 'html' as const };
+          tagName && component.set({ tagName }, { ...htmlImportOpts, silent: true });
 
           if (onAttributes) {
-            onAttributes({ item, component, attributes: restAttr, options: opts });
+            onAttributes({ item, component, attributes: restAttr, options: htmlImportOpts });
           } else if (keys(restAttr).length) {
-            component.addAttributes(restAttr, { ...opts });
+            component.addAttributes(restAttr, htmlImportOpts);
           }
 
           if (onStyle) {
-            onStyle({ item, component, style, options: opts });
+            onStyle({ item, component, style, options: htmlImportOpts });
           } else if (keys(style).length) {
-            component.addStyle(style, opts);
+            component.addStyle(style, htmlImportOpts);
           }
         }
       } else {
@@ -289,11 +292,12 @@ Component> {
       const { components: bodyCmps = [], ...restBody } = (parsed.html as ComponentDefinitionDefined) || {};
       const { components: headCmps, ...restHead } = parsed.head || {};
       components = bodyCmps!;
-      root.set(restBody as any, opt);
-      root.head.set(restHead as any, opt);
-      root.head.components(headCmps, opt);
-      root.docEl.set(parsed.root as any, opt);
-      root.set({ doctype: parsed.doctype });
+      const htmlImportOpts = { ...opt, parsedImportSource: 'html' as const };
+      root.set(restBody as any, htmlImportOpts);
+      root.head.set(restHead as any, htmlImportOpts);
+      root.head.components(headCmps, htmlImportOpts);
+      root.docEl.set(parsed.root as any, htmlImportOpts);
+      root.set({ doctype: parsed.doctype }, htmlImportOpts);
     }
 
     // We need this to avoid duplicate IDs
@@ -305,6 +309,7 @@ Component> {
       cssc.addCollection(parsed.css, {
         ...optsToPass,
         extend: 1,
+        parsedImportSource: 'css',
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelDataResolverWatchers.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelDataResolverWatchers.ts
index 7dd31ce9e..4748da4b3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelDataResolverWatchers.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelDataResolverWatchers.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ export class ModelDataResolverWatchers<T extends StyleableModelProperties> {
     private model: WatchableModel<T>,
     private options: ModelResolverWatcherOptions,
   ) {
-    this.propertyWatcher = new ModelResolverWatcher(model, this.onPropertyUpdate, options);
-    this.attributeWatcher = new ModelResolverWatcher(model, this.onAttributeUpdate, options);
-    this.styleWatcher = new ModelResolverWatcher(model, this.onStyleUpdate, options);
+    this.propertyWatcher = new ModelResolverWatcher(model, this.onPropertyUpdate, 'property', options);
+    this.attributeWatcher = new ModelResolverWatcher(model, this.onAttributeUpdate, 'attribute', options);
+    this.styleWatcher = new ModelResolverWatcher(model, this.onStyleUpdate, 'style', options);
   }
 
   bindModel(model: WatchableModel<T>) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelResolverWatcher.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelResolverWatcher.ts
index 0834721ee..2f9ad8848 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelResolverWatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ModelResolverWatcher.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 import { ObjectAny, ObjectHash } from '../../common';
 import DataResolverListener from '../../data_sources/model/DataResolverListener';
+import {
+  DataBindingImportContext,
+  DataBindingImportPolicy,
+  DataBindingImportSource,
+  DataBindingKind,
+} from '../../data_sources/types';
 import { getDataResolverInstance, getDataResolverInstanceValue, isDataResolverProps } from '../../data_sources/utils';
-import StyleableModel from '../../domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel';
+import type StyleableModel from '../../domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel';
 import EditorModel from '../../editor/model/Editor';
+import { isFunction } from 'underscore';
 
 export interface DataWatchersOptions {
   skipWatcherUpdates?: boolean;
   fromDataSource?: boolean;
+  parsedImportSource?: DataBindingImportSource;
+  dataBindingImportPolicy?: DataBindingImportPolicy;
 }
 
 export interface ModelResolverWatcherOptions {
@@ -23,6 +32,7 @@ export class ModelResolverWatcher<T extends ObjectHash> {
   constructor(
     private model: WatchableModel<T>,
     private updateFn: UpdateFn<T>,
+    private kind: DataBindingKind,
     options: ModelResolverWatcherOptions,
   ) {
     this.em = options.em;
@@ -33,6 +43,7 @@ export class ModelResolverWatcher<T extends ObjectHash> {
   }
 
   setDataValues(values: ObjectAny | undefined, options: DataWatchersOptions = {}) {
+    values = this.applyImportPolicy(values, options);
     const shouldSkipWatcherUpdates = options.skipWatcherUpdates || options.fromDataSource;
     if (!shouldSkipWatcherUpdates) {
       this.removeListeners();
@@ -43,11 +54,13 @@ export class ModelResolverWatcher<T extends ObjectHash> {
 
   addDataValues(values: ObjectAny | undefined, options: DataWatchersOptions = {}) {
     if (!values) return {};
-    const evaluatedValues = this.evaluateValues(values);
+    const nextValues = this.applyImportPolicy(values, options);
+    if (!nextValues) return {};
+    const evaluatedValues = this.evaluateValues(nextValues);
 
     const shouldSkipWatcherUpdates = options.skipWatcherUpdates || options.fromDataSource;
     if (!shouldSkipWatcherUpdates) {
-      this.updateListeners(values);
+      this.updateListeners(nextValues);
     }
 
     return evaluatedValues;
@@ -111,6 +124,81 @@ export class ModelResolverWatcher<T extends ObjectHash> {
     return evaluatedValues;
   }
 
+  private applyImportPolicy(values: ObjectAny | undefined, options: DataWatchersOptions = {}) {
+    const { parsedImportSource } = options;
+    const dataBindingImportPolicy =
+      options.dataBindingImportPolicy ?? this.em?.DataSources.config.dataBindingImportPolicy;
+
+    if (!values || !parsedImportSource || dataBindingImportPolicy === 'overwrite') return values;
+
+    const nextValues = { ...values };
+    const source = parsedImportSource;
+
+    Object.keys(nextValues).forEach((key) => {
+      const resolverListener = this.resolverListeners[key];
+      const incomingValue = nextValues[key];
+
+      if (!resolverListener || isDataResolverProps(incomingValue)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const resolver = resolverListener.resolver.toJSON();
+      const path = 'path' in resolver ? resolver.path : undefined;
+      const context: DataBindingImportContext = {
+        target: this.model as StyleableModel,
+        kind: this.kind,
+        source,
+        key,
+        value: incomingValue,
+        resolvedValue: resolverListener.resolver.getDataValue(),
+        resolver,
+        path,
+      };
+      const action = this.resolveImportAction(dataBindingImportPolicy, context);
+
+      if (action === 'overwrite') {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (action === 'update') {
+        const updated = this.tryUpdateDataSource(path, incomingValue);
+
+        if (!updated) {
+          this.warnImportFallback(key, source, path);
+        }
+      }
+
+      nextValues[key] = resolver;
+    });
+
+    return nextValues;
+  }
+
+  private resolveImportAction(handler: DataBindingImportPolicy | undefined, context: DataBindingImportContext) {
+    const action = isFunction(handler) ? handler(context) : handler;
+
+    return action === 'skip' || action === 'update' || action === 'overwrite' ? action : 'overwrite';
+  }
+
+  private tryUpdateDataSource(path: string | undefined, value: any) {
+    if (!path) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      return this.em.DataSources.setValue(path, value);
+    } catch (error) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private warnImportFallback(key: string, source: DataBindingImportSource, path?: string) {
+    this.em.logWarning(
+      `[DataSources]: Failed to update the data source bound to "${key}" during ${source} import; keeping the existing binding.`,
+      { key, source, path },
+    );
+  }
+
   /**
    * removes listeners to stop watching for changes,
    * if keys argument is omitted, remove all listeners
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/types.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/types.ts
index 3df7798b1..e9df3bc85 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/types.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import type {
   ComponentResizeEventStartProps,
   ComponentResizeEventUpdateProps,
 } from '../commands/view/Resize';
+import type { DataBindingImportPolicy, DataBindingImportSource } from '../data_sources/types';
 import type { StyleProps } from '../domain_abstract/model/StyleableModel';
 import type Selector from '../selector_manager/model/Selector';
 import type Component from './model/Component';
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ export interface SymbolInfo {
 export interface ParseStringOptions extends AddOptions, OptionAsDocument, WithHTMLParserOptions {
   keepIds?: string[];
   cloneRules?: boolean;
+  parsedImportSource?: DataBindingImportSource;
+  dataBindingImportPolicy?: DataBindingImportPolicy;
 }
 
 export enum ComponentsEvents {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/editor/config/config.ts b/packages/core/src/editor/config/config.ts
index 6a3f81cdc..ebd83c217 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/editor/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/editor/config/config.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { DomComponentsConfig } from '../../dom_components/config/config';
 import { HTMLGeneratorBuildOptions } from '../../code_manager/model/HtmlGenerator';
 import { CssGeneratorBuildOptions } from '../../code_manager/model/CssGenerator';
 import { ObjectAny } from '../../common';
+import type { DataSourcesConfig } from '../../data_sources/config/config';
 import { ColorPickerOptions } from '../../utils/ColorPicker';
 
 export interface EditorConfig {
@@ -401,6 +402,11 @@ export interface EditorConfig {
    */
   parser?: ParserConfig;
 
+  /**
+   * Configurations for Data Sources.
+   */
+  dataSources?: DataSourcesConfig;
+
   /** Texts **/
   textViewCode?: string;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index c7f532747..49098d19b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -159,5 +159,12 @@ export type {
   DataConditionProps,
   ExpressionProps,
 } from './data_sources/model/conditional_variables/DataCondition';
+export type {
+  DataBindingImportAction,
+  DataBindingImportContext,
+  DataBindingImportPolicy,
+  DataBindingImportSource,
+  DataBindingKind,
+} from './data_sources/types';
 
 export default grapesjs;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/dataBindingImportPolicy.ts b/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/dataBindingImportPolicy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf8807bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/specs/data_sources/dataBindingImportPolicy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,467 @@
+import type { CssRule, DataBindingImportContext, Editor } from '../../../src';
+import type DataSourceManager from '../../../src/data_sources';
+import { DataConditionType } from '../../../src/data_sources/model/conditional_variables/DataCondition';
+import { StringOperation } from '../../../src/data_sources/model/conditional_variables/operators/StringOperator';
+import { DataVariableType } from '../../../src/data_sources/model/DataVariable';
+import type EditorModel from '../../../src/editor/model/Editor';
+import type { EditorConfig } from '../../../src/editor/config/config';
+import type ComponentWrapper from '../../../src/dom_components/model/ComponentWrapper';
+import { setupTestEditor } from '../../common';
+
+const makeTitleVar = () => ({
+  type: DataVariableType,
+  path: 'records.rec1.title',
+});
+
+const makeTagNameVar = () => ({
+  type: DataVariableType,
+  path: 'records.rec1.tagName',
+});
+
+const makeColorVar = () => ({
+  type: DataVariableType,
+  path: 'records.rec1.color',
+});
+
+const makeKeepPropVar = () => ({
+  type: DataVariableType,
+  path: 'records.rec1.keepProp',
+});
+
+const makeKeepAttrVar = () => ({
+  type: DataVariableType,
+  path: 'records.rec1.keepAttr',
+});
+
+const makeBorderColorVar = () => ({
+  type: DataVariableType,
+  path: 'records.rec1.borderColor',
+});
+
+const makeContentVar = () => ({
+  type: DataVariableType,
+  path: 'records.rec1.content',
+});
+
+const makeConditionVar = () => ({
+  type: DataConditionType,
+  condition: {
+    left: makeTitleVar(),
+    operator: StringOperation.contains,
+    right: 'Initial',
+  },
+  ifTrue: 'red',
+  ifFalse: 'blue',
+});
+
+type BaseRecord = {
+  id: string;
+  tagName: string;
+  title: string;
+  color: string;
+  keepProp: string;
+  keepAttr: string;
+  borderColor: string;
+  content: string;
+  mutable?: boolean;
+};
+
+describe('Data source import policy', () => {
+  let editor: Editor;
+  let em: EditorModel;
+  let dsm: DataSourceManager;
+  let cmpRoot: ComponentWrapper;
+
+  const init = (config: Partial<EditorConfig> = {}) => {
+    ({ editor, em, dsm, cmpRoot } = setupTestEditor({ config }));
+  };
+
+  const addBaseDataSource = (
+    record: BaseRecord = {
+      id: 'rec1',
+      tagName: 'div',
+      title: 'Initial Title',
+      color: 'red',
+      keepProp: 'Initial Keep Prop',
+      keepAttr: 'Initial Keep Attr',
+      borderColor: 'orange',
+      content: 'Dynamic Content',
+    },
+  ) => {
+    dsm.add({
+      id: 'records',
+      records: [record],
+    });
+  };
+
+  const createBoundComponent = () => {
+    return cmpRoot.append({
+      tagName: makeTagNameVar(),
+      staticProp: 'staticValue',
+      dsPropToKeep: makeKeepPropVar(),
+      attributes: {
+        id: 'bound-cmp',
+        'data-attr': makeTitleVar(),
+        'data-static': 'staticAttr',
+        'data-keep': makeKeepAttrVar(),
+      },
+      style: {
+        color: makeColorVar(),
+        'background-color': 'black',
+        'border-color': makeBorderColorVar(),
+      },
+    })[0];
+  };
+
+  const importStaticHtml = (
+    html = '<section id="bound-cmp" data-attr="Imported Title" style="color: green;">Imported</section>',
+    opts = {},
+  ) => {
+    cmpRoot.components().resetFromString(html, opts);
+  };
+
+  const createBoundRule = () => {
+    return em.Css.addCollection([
+      {
+        selectors: ['.bound-rule'],
+        style: {
+          color: makeColorVar(),
+          'background-color': 'black',
+          'border-color': makeBorderColorVar(),
+        },
+      },
+    ])[0] as CssRule;
+  };
+
+  const importStaticCss = (css = '.bound-rule { color: green; }', opts = {}) => {
+    em.Css.addCollection(css, { extend: 1, ...opts });
+  };
+
+  const expectUntouchedComponentValues = (
+    component: ReturnType<typeof createBoundComponent>,
+    values = {
+      keepProp: 'Initial Keep Prop',
+      keepAttr: 'Initial Keep Attr',
+      borderColor: 'orange',
+    },
+  ) => {
+    expect(component.get('staticProp')).toBe('staticValue');
+    expect(component.get('dsPropToKeep', { skipResolve: true })).toEqual(makeKeepPropVar());
+    expect(component.get('dsPropToKeep')).toBe(values.keepProp);
+    expect(component.getAttributes({ skipResolve: true })['data-static']).toBe('staticAttr');
+    expect(component.getAttributes({ skipResolve: true })['data-keep']).toEqual(makeKeepAttrVar());
+    expect(component.getAttributes()['data-keep']).toBe(values.keepAttr);
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true })['background-color']).toBe('black');
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true })['border-color']).toEqual(makeBorderColorVar());
+    expect(component.getStyle()['border-color']).toBe(values.borderColor);
+  };
+
+  const expectUntouchedRuleValues = (
+    rule: CssRule,
+    values = {
+      borderColor: 'orange',
+    },
+  ) => {
+    expect(rule.getStyle('', { skipResolve: true })['background-color']).toBe('black');
+    expect(rule.getStyle('', { skipResolve: true })['border-color']).toEqual(makeBorderColorVar());
+    expect(rule.getStyle()['border-color']).toBe(values.borderColor);
+  };
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    editor?.destroy();
+  });
+
+  test('overwrites bound component values on parsed HTML import by default', () => {
+    init();
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const component = createBoundComponent();
+
+    importStaticHtml();
+
+    expect(component.get('tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(component.get('tagName', { skipResolve: true })).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(component.getAttributes({ skipResolve: true })['data-attr']).toBe('Imported Title');
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true }).color).toBe('green');
+    expectUntouchedComponentValues(component);
+
+    dsm.get('records').getRecord('rec1')?.set({
+      tagName: 'article',
+      title: 'Changed Title',
+      color: 'purple',
+      keepProp: 'Changed Keep Prop',
+      keepAttr: 'Changed Keep Attr',
+      borderColor: 'yellow',
+    });
+
+    expect(component.get('tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(component.getAttributes()['data-attr']).toBe('Imported Title');
+    expect(component.getStyle().color).toBe('green');
+    expectUntouchedComponentValues(component, {
+      keepProp: 'Changed Keep Prop',
+      keepAttr: 'Changed Keep Attr',
+      borderColor: 'yellow',
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('skips static HTML updates and preserves existing bindings', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'skip' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const component = createBoundComponent();
+
+    importStaticHtml();
+
+    expect(component.get('tagName', { skipResolve: true })).toEqual(makeTagNameVar());
+    expect(component.get('tagName')).toBe('div');
+    expect(component.getAttributes({ skipResolve: true })['data-attr']).toEqual(makeTitleVar());
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+    expectUntouchedComponentValues(component);
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.tagName')).toBe('div');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.title')).toBe('Initial Title');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.color')).toBe('red');
+
+    dsm.get('records').getRecord('rec1')?.set({
+      tagName: 'article',
+      title: 'Changed Title',
+      color: 'purple',
+      keepProp: 'Changed Keep Prop',
+      keepAttr: 'Changed Keep Attr',
+      borderColor: 'yellow',
+    });
+
+    expect(component.get('tagName')).toBe('article');
+    expect(component.getAttributes()['data-attr']).toBe('Changed Title');
+    expect(component.getStyle().color).toBe('purple');
+    expectUntouchedComponentValues(component, {
+      keepProp: 'Changed Keep Prop',
+      keepAttr: 'Changed Keep Attr',
+      borderColor: 'yellow',
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('updates datasource values and keeps bindings on parsed HTML import', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'update' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const component = createBoundComponent();
+
+    importStaticHtml();
+
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.title')).toBe('Imported Title');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.color')).toBe('green');
+    expect(component.get('tagName', { skipResolve: true })).toEqual(makeTagNameVar());
+    expect(component.get('tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(component.getAttributes({ skipResolve: true })['data-attr']).toEqual(makeTitleVar());
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+    expectUntouchedComponentValues(component);
+
+    dsm.get('records').getRecord('rec1')?.set({
+      tagName: 'article',
+      title: 'Changed Again',
+      color: 'orange',
+      keepProp: 'Changed Keep Prop',
+      keepAttr: 'Changed Keep Attr',
+      borderColor: 'yellow',
+    });
+
+    expect(component.get('tagName')).toBe('article');
+    expect(component.getAttributes()['data-attr']).toBe('Changed Again');
+    expect(component.getStyle().color).toBe('orange');
+    expectUntouchedComponentValues(component, {
+      keepProp: 'Changed Keep Prop',
+      keepAttr: 'Changed Keep Attr',
+      borderColor: 'yellow',
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('overwrites bound rule values on parsed CSS string import by default', () => {
+    init();
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const rule = createBoundRule();
+
+    importStaticCss();
+
+    expect(rule.getStyle('', { skipResolve: true }).color).toBe('green');
+    expectUntouchedRuleValues(rule);
+
+    dsm.get('records').getRecord('rec1')?.set({ color: 'orange', borderColor: 'yellow' });
+
+    expect(rule.getStyle().color).toBe('green');
+    expectUntouchedRuleValues(rule, { borderColor: 'yellow' });
+  });
+
+  test('skips static CSS updates and preserves existing rule bindings', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'skip' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const rule = createBoundRule();
+
+    importStaticCss();
+
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.color')).toBe('red');
+    expect(rule.getStyle('', { skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+    expectUntouchedRuleValues(rule);
+
+    dsm.get('records').getRecord('rec1')?.set({ color: 'orange', borderColor: 'yellow' });
+
+    expect(rule.getStyle().color).toBe('orange');
+    expectUntouchedRuleValues(rule, { borderColor: 'yellow' });
+  });
+
+  test('applies policy to parsed CSS string imports for existing rules', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'update' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const rule = createBoundRule();
+
+    importStaticCss();
+
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.color')).toBe('green');
+    expect(rule.getStyle('', { skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+    expectUntouchedRuleValues(rule);
+
+    dsm.get('records').getRecord('rec1')?.set({ color: 'orange', borderColor: 'yellow' });
+
+    expect(rule.getStyle().color).toBe('orange');
+    expectUntouchedRuleValues(rule, { borderColor: 'yellow' });
+  });
+
+  test('supports callback policies per key and kind', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: {
+        dataBindingImportPolicy: ({ key, kind, source }: DataBindingImportContext) => {
+          if (source === 'html' && kind === 'attribute' && key === 'data-attr') {
+            return 'skip';
+          }
+
+          return 'update';
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const component = createBoundComponent();
+
+    importStaticHtml();
+
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.title')).toBe('Initial Title');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.color')).toBe('green');
+    expect(component.get('tagName', { skipResolve: true })).toEqual(makeTagNameVar());
+    expect(component.get('tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(component.getAttributes({ skipResolve: true })['data-attr']).toEqual(makeTitleVar());
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+    expectUntouchedComponentValues(component);
+  });
+
+  test('supports per-call override on parsed HTML import', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'skip' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const component = createBoundComponent();
+
+    importStaticHtml(undefined, { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'update' });
+
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.title')).toBe('Imported Title');
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.color')).toBe('green');
+    expect(component.get('tagName', { skipResolve: true })).toEqual(makeTagNameVar());
+    expect(component.get('tagName')).toBe('section');
+    expect(component.getAttributes({ skipResolve: true })['data-attr']).toEqual(makeTitleVar());
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+  });
+
+  test('supports per-call override on parsed CSS import', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'skip' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const rule = createBoundRule();
+
+    importStaticCss(undefined, { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'update' });
+
+    expect(dsm.getValue('records.rec1.color')).toBe('green');
+    expect(rule.getStyle('', { skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+    expect(rule.getStyle().color).toBe('green');
+    expectUntouchedRuleValues(rule);
+  });
+
+  test('keeps bindings and warns when update cannot write data-condition values', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'update' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const warningSpy = jest.spyOn(em, 'logWarning');
+    const component = cmpRoot.append({
+      tagName: 'div',
+      attributes: { id: 'bound-cmp' },
+      style: { color: makeConditionVar() },
+    })[0];
+
+    cmpRoot.components().resetFromString('<div id="bound-cmp" style="color: black;"></div>');
+
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeConditionVar());
+    expect(component.getStyle().color).toBe('red');
+    expect(warningSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    dsm.get('records').getRecord('rec1')?.set({ title: 'No Match' });
+
+    expect(component.getStyle().color).toBe('blue');
+  });
+
+  test('keeps bindings and warns when datasource updates fail', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'update' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource({
+      id: 'rec1',
+      tagName: 'div',
+      title: 'Initial Title',
+      color: 'red',
+      keepProp: 'Initial Keep Prop',
+      keepAttr: 'Initial Keep Attr',
+      borderColor: 'orange',
+      content: 'Dynamic Content',
+      mutable: false,
+    });
+    const warningSpy = jest.spyOn(em, 'logWarning');
+    const rule = createBoundRule();
+
+    importStaticCss();
+
+    expect(rule.getStyle('', { skipResolve: true }).color).toEqual(makeColorVar());
+    expect(rule.getStyle().color).toBe('red');
+    expect(warningSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('does not change direct setter overwrite behavior', () => {
+    init({
+      dataSources: { dataBindingImportPolicy: 'skip' },
+    });
+    addBaseDataSource();
+    const component = createBoundComponent();
+    component.set('content', makeContentVar());
+    const rule = createBoundRule();
+
+    component.addAttributes({ 'data-attr': 'Static Title' });
+    component.addStyle({ color: 'green' });
+    component.set('content', 'Static Content');
+    rule.addStyle({ color: 'blue' });
+
+    dsm.get('records').getRecord('rec1')?.set({ title: 'Changed Title', color: 'orange', content: 'Changed Content' });
+
+    expect(component.getAttributes({ skipResolve: true })['data-attr']).toBe('Static Title');
+    expect(component.getStyle({ skipResolve: true }).color).toBe('green');
+    expect(component.get('content', { skipResolve: true })).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(rule.getStyle('', { skipResolve: true }).color).toBe('blue');
+    expect(component.getAttributes()['data-attr']).toBe('Static Title');
+    expect(component.getStyle().color).toBe('green');
+    expect(component.get('content')).toBe('Static Content');
+    expect(rule.getStyle().color).toBe('blue');
+  });
+});