Form checkbox field value is not getting passed to Laravel controller

In my registration form, I have a checkbox where a user can accept to receive newsletters.

In create function I want to display all passed data:

protected function create(array $data)
{
    dd($data);
}

The name of my checkbox field is newsletter. When I do dd(), I don't get the value for the newsletter, only for: name, email and password.

If I add this newsletter to Validator then it is shown.

protected function validator(array $data)
{
    return Validator::make($data, [
        'name'       => 'required|max:255',
        'email'      => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
        'password'   => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
        'newsletter' => 'required',
    ]);
}

Now, when I do dd() it is passed, but I don't want this checkbox to be required. It should be optional. Should I change something in Validator or?

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